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The chicken D locus and its contribution to the immunoglobulin heavy chain repertoire
1 Nov 1991
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen D elements were characterized from the chicken genome, 15 of which are extremely homologous. Early expression of this D repertoire was studied for both DJ and VDJ alleles. No N diversification occurs at either DJ or VD junctions. Only P additions were observed, the length of which does not appear restricted to a dinucleotide. A selection for the almost exclusive usage of the first reading frame of the D...
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