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Mouse RSS spacer sequences affect the rate ofV(D)J recombInatIon

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  1. Liam Fanning

    Present address: Department of Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

  2. Dale Ramsden

    Present address: NIH, Rm312, Blg5, 20910, Bethesda, MD, USA

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    Liam Fanning, Alison Connor, Kristen Baetz, Dale Ramsden & Gillian E. Wu

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Fanning, L., Connor, A., Baetz, K. et al. Mouse RSS spacer sequences affect the rate ofV(D)J recombInatIon. Immunogenetics 44, 146–150 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02660064

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