title: Somatic hypermutation: how many mechanisms diversify V region sequences?
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8024, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maizels
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000916:Antibody Diversity / Q000502:physiology*; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000502:physiology; D004260:DNA Repair; D005785:Gene Conversion; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology*; D015329:Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte; D018858:Germinal Center / Q000166:cytology; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D045567:VDJ Recombinases; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D045567:VDJ Recombinases