Circular DNA resulting from recombination between V-(D)-J joining signals and switch repetitive sequences in mouse thymocytes.
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- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 173 (3) , 743-746
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.173.3.743
Abstract
During the course of analyzing circular DNA in mouse thymocytes, novel recombinants were identified with immunoglobulin heavy chain joining gene and switch region probes. These circles represent excision products of recombination between the heptamer-nonamer motif for V-(D)-J joining and a repetitive sequence for class switching. The molecular mechanisms that generate "hybrid circles" are discussed.Keywords
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