| Literature DB >> 1655945 |
L J Kienker1, W A Kuziel, P W Tucker.
Abstract
The severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mutation has been postulated to affect a V(D)J recombinase activity involved in coding joint formation. Analysis of 38 joints from 34 distinct sequences of normally rearranged T cell receptor (TCR) gamma and delta genes from adult, SCID thymocytes reveals coding joints with an increased number of P nucleotides. One-third of P sequences are greater than or equal to 4 nucleotides in length and P elements of up to 15 bases are observed. This suggests that the SCID defect deregulates P nucleotide addition. Consequently, essential V(D)J recombination intermediates may seldom be generated.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1655945 PMCID: PMC2118963 DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.4.769
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307