NOVEL EXCISION PRODUCTS OF T-CELL RECEPTOR-GAMMA GENE REARRANGEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE SPECIFICITY IMPLIED BY THE FREQUENCY OF NUCLEOTIDE INSERTIONS AT SIGNAL JOINTS

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作者
IWASATO, T [1 ]
YAMAGISHI, H [1 ]
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[1] KYOTO UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT BIOPHYS, MOLEC BIOL LAB, SAKYO KU, KYOTO 606, JAPAN
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10.1002/eji.1830220116
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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We have cloned circular DNA excised by T cell receptor (TcR)gamma-1, gamma-2 and gamma-3 gene rearrangements in fetal and adult mouse thymocytes. Circular DNA contained a signal joint reciprocal to the genomic V-J coding joint. Although signal joints without nucleotide insertions are common in immunoglobulin (Ig) and TcR gene rearrangements, the signal joint of gamma-found in adult thymocytes contained non-germ-line element (N) insertions at high frequency, while no insertions were found in fetal thymocytes. Thus developmental stage specificity of TcR-gamma gene rearrangements is faithfully reflected on the signal joint of excision products. In addition, examination of gamma-gene excision products revealed circular DNA products of TcR-gamma-alpha transrearrangements, but no evidence for V(gamma) gene replacement in a rearranged segment.
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