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Somatic hypermutation of the JC intron is markedly reduced in unrearranged kappa and H alleles and is unevenly distributed in rearranged alleles.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 May 1991
Weber J S, Berry J, Litwin S, Claflin J L
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation of the Ig genes occurs in rearranged V(D)J and its flanking sequences after Ag stimulation. Even though C regions and unrearranged V segments have been found to lack mutations, it is not known whether the mutational mechanism can be active in unrearranged J segments and their flanking regions. By polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing of the 500 bp at the 5' end of the JC intron of...
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