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Germline transcription from T-cell receptor Vbeta gene is uncoupled from allelic exclusion.
The EMBO journal - 2 May 2007
Jia Jingquan, Kondo Motonari, Zhuang Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Allelic exclusion operates in B and T lymphocytes to ensure clonal expression of antigen receptors after V(D)J recombination. Germline transcription, which proceeds V(D)J recombination, has been postulated to provide an instructive signal for allelic exclusion. Here, we use a genetic marker to track germline transcription from a Vbeta gene within the TCRbeta locus. We find that developing thymocytes exhibit...
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