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:The adaptive immune system of jawed vertebrates is based on a vast, anticipatory repertoire of specific antigen receptors, immunoglobulins (Ig) in B-lymphocytes and T-cell receptors (TCR) in T-lymphocytes. The Ig and TCRdiversity is generated by a process called V(D)J recombination, which is initiated by the RAG recombinase. Although RAG activity is very well conserved, the regulated accessibility of the antigen receptor genes to RAG has evolved with the species' organizational structure, which differs most significantly between fishes and tetrapods. V(D)J recombination was primarily characterized in developing lymphocytes of mice and human beings and is often described as an ordered, two-stage program. Studies in rabbit, chicken and shark show that this process does not have to be ordered, nor does it need to take place in two stages to generate a diverse repertoire and enable the expression of a single species of antigen receptor per cell, a restriction called allelic exclusion.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Hsu Edoi
10.1007/978-1-4419-0296-2_14subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
166-79eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
650pub_type
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