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Error-prone polymerases make efficient immunity
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Correspondence: Tudor Toma ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010601-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010601-01
Published: 1 June 2001Multiple error-prone DNA polymerases contribute to immunoglobulin somatic hypermutation - the process behind increasing antibody affinities after multiple exposures to the same antigen.