A novel VHDJH to JH joining that induces H chain production in an Ig-null immature B cell line |
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Authors: | T Komori H Sugiyama S Kishimoto |
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Institution: | Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A novel Ig H chain gene rearrangement, a VHDJH to JH joining, was observed in an Ig-null immature B cell line. The preexisting, nonproductive VHDJH complex was replaced by the productive VHJH complex which was generated by the novel joining between the rearranged VH and a germ line JH gene. This VHDJH to JH joining is thought to be a site-specific recombinational event mediated by a putative recombination signal sequence, CACAGCC-12-base-GCAAGAAAG, embedded in the rearranged VH gene including the N region. This sequence might be a novel recombination signal sequence, which had not yet been reported, for so-called recombinase. |
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