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Science 27 August 1993:
Vol. 261. no. 5125, pp. 1171 - 1175
DOI: 10.1126/science.8356451

Articles

Science, Vol 261, Issue 5125, 1171-1175
Copyright © 1993 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


articles

Lack of N regions in antigen receptor variable region genes of TdT-deficient lymphocytes

T Komori, A Okada, V Stewart, and FW Alt

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.

During the assembly of immunoglobulin and T cell receptor variable region genes from variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) segments, the germline-encoded repertoire is further diversified by processes that include the template-independent addition of nucleotides (N regions) at gene segment junctions. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-deficient lymphocytes had no N regions in their variable region genes, which shows that TdT is responsible for N region addition. In addition, certain variable region genes appeared at increased frequency in TdT-deficient thymocytes, which indicates that N region addition also influences repertoire development by alleviating sequence-specific constraints imposed on the joining of particular V, D, and J segments.


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