STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCES OF THREE TYPES V-, D-, J-SEGMENTS OF HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND T-CELL RECEPTOR GENES

We are stated that recombination signal sequences of functional V-, D-, J-segments, and also pseudogenes and ORF-segments are strongly polymorphic structures. About 50 % of pseudogenes possess sufficient potential to participate in V(D)J-recombination, as heptamers and nanomers of their RSS are deprived of substantial defects.