Translesion Synthesis and Immunology Somatic

In addition to facilitating cell survival in the presence of DNA damage and creating genomic variability, somatic hypermutation is another important biological function 

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Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 

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