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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5988
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
The variable regions of immunoglobulin heavy chains are encoded in the germ line by three discrete DNA segments: VH (variable) elements, D (diversity) elements and JH (joining) elements. During the differentiation of B lymphocytes, individual segments from each group are brought together by recombination to form the complete VHDJH variable region. To understand these processes better, we have now isolated and sequenced molecular clones representing intermediates (DJH fusions) and final products (VH-to-DJH joins) of heavy-chain gene rearrangement in two cell lines that represent analogues of cells at early stages of B-lymphocyte differentiation. Heavy-chain gene assembly in one cell line but not in the other is accompanied by the appearance of short nucleotide insertions at the recombinational junctions. The generation of such insertions is positively correlated with the expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in these lines.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
311
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
752-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Insertion of N regions into heavy-chain genes is correlated with expression of terminal deoxytransferase in B cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't