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VK to JK recombination occurred within a DNA construct introduced into cells in the form of a defective retrovirus. Analysis of one recombinant demonstrated that VK–JK joining can occur via inversion with a net loss of a few base pairs.
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Lewis, S., Gifford, A. & Baltimore, D. Joining of VK to JK gene segments in a retroviral vector introduced into lymphoid cells. Nature 308, 425–428 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/308425a0
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