The contested role of uracil DNA glycosylase in immunoglobulin gene diversification.

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Published in Trends Genet on May 01, 2005

Authors

Simonne Longerich1, Ursula Storb

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

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