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Published on: February 3, 2013
Recombination centres and the orchestration of V(D)J recombination
1Department of Immunobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, Box 208011, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011, USA. david.schatz@yale.edu
Abstract:
The initiation of V(D)J recombination by the recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1) and RAG2 proteins is carefully orchestrated to ensure that antigen receptor gene assembly occurs in the appropriate cell lineage and in the proper developmental order. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of how DNA binding and cleavage by the RAG proteins are regulated by the chromatin structure and architecture of antigen receptor genes. These advances suggest novel mechanisms for both the targeting and the mistargeting of V(D)J recombination, and have implications for how these events contribute to genome instability and lymphoid malignancy.
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