Unlike somatic hypermutation, class switching occurs in discrete sequence regions upstream of the immunoglobulin heavy chain coding sequences (called switch regions) . One key element in directing the enzyme AID to a specific switch region is the opening of the DNA duplex combined with polymerase stalling during active transcription in that region. A second key feature of directing AID to a specific switch region is:
A) The processed RNA from the switch region guides AID to this site in the DNA
B) The binding of DNA-PK's to the switch region sequence in the DNA
C) The presence of double-stranded breaks in the DNA in this region
D) The binding of AID to the RNA polymerase that is transcribing the switch region
E) The predominance of G:C base pairs in the switch sequence
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