Human DNA polymerase-η, an A-T mutator in somatic hypermutation of rearranged immunoglobulin genes, is a reverse transcriptase

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2004

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Franklin, Andrew
Milburn, Peter J
Blanden, Robert
Steele, Edward J

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We have proposed previously that error-prone reverse transcription using pre-mRNA of rearranged immunoglobulin variable (IgV) regions as templates is involved in the antibody diversifying mechanism of somatic hypermutation (SHM). As patients deficient in

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Keywords: complementary DNA; DNA directed DNA polymerase beta; DNA directed DNA polymerase eta; DNA polymerase; fluorescent dye; nucleotide; RNA directed DNA polymerase; unclassified drug; article; DNA determination; enzyme activity; enzyme assay; immunoglobulin ge Affinity maturation; Human DNA polymerase-?; Immunoglobulin variable region genes; Reverse transcription; Somatic hypermutation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78292

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ANU Research Publications

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Immunology and Cell Biology

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Journal article

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10.1046/j.0818-9641.2004.01221.x

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