| Literature DB >> 19070571 |
Grace K Mahowald1, Jason M Baron, Barry P Sleckman.
Abstract
Chromosomal translocations that juxtapose antigen receptor genes and oncogenes are frequently associated with lymphoid malignancies. In this issue, Robbiani et al. (2008) show that activation-induced deaminase (AID), an enzyme involved in antigen receptor gene diversification, generates DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in oncogenes, and Tsai et al. (2008) propose that AID and the recombinase-activating gene (RAG) endonuclease may collaborate to generate off-target DSBs.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19070571 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582