Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase is regulated by cell division, providing a mechanistic basis for division-linked class switch recombination
Rush JS, Liu M, Odegard VH, Unniraman S, Schatz DG. Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase is regulated by cell division, providing a mechanistic basis for division-linked class switch recombination. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 13242-13247. PMID: 16141332, PMCID: PMC1201576, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502779102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClass switch recombinationCell divisionAID expressionSwitch recombinationFrequency of CSRSingle cell divisionSubsequent cell divisionSuccessive cell divisionsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseConstitutive AID expressionIg heavy chain constant regionsEffector function propertiesHeavy chain constant regionActivation-induced cytidine deaminase mRNAMolecular explanationMechanistic basisDifferent molecular featuresSuccessive divisionsChain constant regionCytidine deaminaseB cell activationCytokine exposureExpressionConstant regionCell activation