V(D) J: () DNA

D B Roth1, J P Menetski, P B Nakajima

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Cell
|September 18, 1992
PubMed
まとめ

重症複合免疫不全症 (SCID) のマウスリンパ球細胞はV(D) J再結合を開始するが,DNAセグメントに加わるのに苦労する. SCIDチモサイトは,正常なマウスとは異なり,ヘアピンで封印されたコードの末端を持つ破損したDNAを示しており,これは,SCID因子のV(D) J修復における役割を示唆しています.

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