Sequence of the spacer in the recombination signal sequence affects V(D)j rearrangement frequency and correlates with nonrandom Vκ usage in vivo

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1495-1503

  Nadel, Bertrand ^a   Tang, Alan ^a   Escuro, Guia ^a   Lugo, Geanncarlo ^a   Feeney, Ann J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032482172     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.9.1495     Document Type: Article

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