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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Frederick Alt
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48805 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20130821 7465
The RAG1/RAG2 endonuclease (RAG) initiates the V(D)J recombination reaction that assembles immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) and light (IgL) chain variable region exons from germline gene segments to generate primary antibody repertoires. IgH V(D)J assembly occurs in progenitor (pro-) B cells followed by that of IgL in precursor (pre-) B cells. Expression of IgH μ and IgL (Igκ or Igλ) chains generates IgM, which is expressed on immature B cells as the B-cell antigen-binding receptor (BCR). Rag expressi ...[more]