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2 | (1) |
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1.2 Current Model of AID Function |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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1.4 A Unifying Model for AID Function |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (4) |
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2 Switch Regions, Chromatin Accessibility and AID Targeting |
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12 | (19) |
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13 | (2) |
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2.2 Transcriptional Elements Determine Long-Range Regulation of CSR |
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15 | (2) |
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2.3 Cis-Regulatory Elements as Recruiters for AID |
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17 | (1) |
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2.4 Transcription and Accessibility to AID Attack |
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17 | (3) |
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2.5 S Region Sequence Determines Chromatin Accessibility |
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20 | (1) |
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2.6 AID-Induced Mutation Distribution and Transcription |
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21 | (1) |
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2.7 Processing of GLTs and the Introduction of AID-Induced Mutations |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (7) |
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3 Cis-Regulatory Elements that Target AID to Immunoglobulin Loci |
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31 | (31) |
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32 | (1) |
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3.2 Targeting by Ig Promoters - Are High Levels of Transcription All There is to It? |
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33 | (5) |
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34 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Targeting of SHM by promoters |
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35 | (3) |
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3.3 SHM Targeting Elements in Ig Light Chain Loci |
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38 | (5) |
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3.3.1 The murine Ig light chain loci |
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38 | (2) |
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3.3.2 The chicken IgL locus |
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40 | (3) |
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3.4 Targeting Elements in the Murine IgH Locus |
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43 | (9) |
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43 | (5) |
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3.4.2 Is enhancement of CSR only secondary to enhancement of germline transcription? |
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48 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Targeting of SHM to the murine IgH loci |
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49 | (2) |
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3.4.4 Targeting elements for CSR and SHM- A comparison |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (7) |
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4 Partners in Diversity: The Search for AID Co-Factors |
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62 | (21) |
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4.1 Introduction and Overview |
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63 | (3) |
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4.2 Compartmentalization of AID |
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66 | (1) |
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4.3 The C-Terminal Domain of AID |
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67 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Tethering of DNA damage sensors/transducers |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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4.4 Targeting AID in the Context of Cotranscriptional Pre-mRNA Splicing byCTNNBLl |
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71 | (1) |
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4.5 Replication Protein A (RPA) |
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72 | (1) |
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4.6 Protein Kinase A (PKA) and Regulation of AID Activity by Phosphorylation |
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72 | (3) |
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4.7 Recruitment of PKA to Switch Region Sequences |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (5) |
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5 Resolution of AID Lesions in Class Switch Recombination |
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83 | (14) |
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83 | (1) |
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5.2 Conversion of AID Lesions to Double-Strand DNA Breaks |
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84 | (5) |
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5.2.1 Uracils in switch region DNA |
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84 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Base excision repair in class switch recombination |
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85 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Mismatch repair in class switch recombination |
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86 | (1) |
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5.2.4 Generation of DNA double-strand breaks in switch regions |
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86 | (3) |
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5.3 Repair of Double-Strand DNA Breaks in Class Switch Recombination |
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89 | (4) |
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5.3.1 Ku and the initial phase of NHEJ |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Polymerases for NHEJ |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Terminal microhomology usage in NHEJ |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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5.4 Concluding Comments and Future Questions |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (4) |
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6 Error-Prone and Error-Free Resolution of AID Lesions in SHM |
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97 | (30) |
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98 | (1) |
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6.2 Direct Replication Across the Uracil: G/C Transitions |
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98 | (3) |
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6.3 UNG2-Dependent SHM Across AP Sites: G/C Transversions and Transitions |
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101 | (1) |
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6.4 MulSα-Dependent SHM at MMR Gaps: A/T Mutations |
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102 | (2) |
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6.5 UNG-Dependent A/T Mutations |
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104 | (1) |
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6.6 Half of all G/C Transversions Require MutSα and UNG2 |
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104 | (1) |
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6.7 Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases |
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105 | (5) |
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6.7.1 Polη generates most A/T mutations |
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106 | (1) |
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6.7.2 Polκ can partially compensate for Polη deficiency |
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107 | (1) |
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6.7.3 TLS polymerase Rev I generates G to C transversions |
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107 | (1) |
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6.7.4 Polι, a story to be finished |
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108 | (1) |
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6.7.5 Polζ, an extender polymerase that might be replaceable |
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109 | (1) |
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6.7.6 Polθ is dispensable during SHM |
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109 | (1) |
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6.7.7 Other TLS polymerases: Polλ and Polμ |
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110 | (1) |
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6.8 Regulating TLS by Ubiquitylation of PCNA |
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110 | (2) |
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6.9 SHM: Mutagenesis at Template A/T Requires PCNA-Ub |
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112 | (1) |
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6.10 PCNA-Ub-Independent G/C Transversions During SHM |
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113 | (1) |
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6.11 MutSα and UNG2 do not Compete During SHM: Cell Cycle and Error-Free Repair |
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114 | (2) |
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6.12 Aberrant Targeting of AID and Error-Free Repair of AID-Induced Uracils |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (8) |
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7 Regulatory Mechanisms of AID Function |
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127 | (25) |
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128 | (1) |
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7.2 Transcriptional Regulation of AID Gene Expression |
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128 | (9) |
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7.2.1 Expression of AID in and outside B cells |
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128 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Signal transduction pathways leading to Aicda induction |
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130 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Transcription factors inducing AID |
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131 | (4) |
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7.2.4 AID haploinsufficiency |
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135 | (2) |
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7.3 Posttranscriptional Regulation of mRNA Levels |
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137 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Regulation of AID expression by microRNAs |
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137 | (2) |
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7.3.2 AID alternative splicing |
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139 | (2) |
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7.4 Posttranslational Control of AID |
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141 | (3) |
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7.4.1 AID subcellular localization and stability |
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141 | (3) |
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7.5 Integration of AID Regulation: The Outstanding Questions |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (6) |
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8 AID in Immunodeficiecy and Cancer |
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152 | (35) |
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8.1 AID and Immunodeficiencies |
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153 | (6) |
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8.1.1 Autosomal recessive CSR-D caused by bi-allelic Aicda mutations |
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153 | (5) |
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8.1.2 Autosomal dominant CSR-D caused by mono-allelic Aicda mutations |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (16) |
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160 | (1) |
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8.2.2 AID is a carcinogen |
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161 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Cancer markers and AID |
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162 | (1) |
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8.2.4 AID regulation and cancer correlation |
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163 | (12) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (12) |
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9 AID in Aging and in Autoimmune Disease |
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187 | (28) |
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188 | (1) |
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9.2 Aging Decreases Humoral Immune Responses |
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189 | (9) |
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9.2.1 Molecular mechanisms for reduced CSR in aging |
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192 | (6) |
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198 | (8) |
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9.3.1 Potential novel mouse models designed to distinguish the role of SHM, CSR and the naive repertoire in autoimmunity |
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200 | (2) |
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9.3.2 AID-deficient autoimmune-prone mice |
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202 | (2) |
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9.3.3 AID overexpression effects and autoimmunity in mice |
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204 | (1) |
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9.3.4 AID deficiency and autoimmunity in humans |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (8) |
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