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We show through sequence analysis of rearranged immunoglobulin variabl
e (Ig-V) region genes from memory B cells of mouse mutants generated b
y gene targeting that terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, CD23, int
erleukin-4, IgD and CD30 are dispensable for somatic hypermutation.