Loading...

AID AND SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION

In response to an assault by foreign organisms, peripheral B cells can change their antibody affinity and isotype by somatically mutating their genomic DNA. The ability of a cell to modify its DNA is exceptional in light of the potential consequences of genetic alterations to cause human disease and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maul, Robert W., Gearhart, Patricia J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954419/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20510733
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2776(10)05006-6
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!