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Control of the sizes and contents of precursor B cell repertoires in bone marrow.
Ciba Foundation symposium - 1 Jan 1997
Melchers F
Abstract excerpt
Ordered rearrangements of immunoglobulin (Ig) gene loci, first as DH to JH, then as VH to DHJH, and finally as VL to JL segment-specific recombinations occur 'in-frame' and 'out-of-frame'. 'In-frame' rearrangements lead to the expression of truncated DHJH-microC proteins and to microH chains. These H chain proteins have two major effects on precursor B cells. They suppress (as DJC mu proteins) or enhance (as full...
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