Table 1.
Alignment of Jβ RSS
| Rank | Genesegment | Nonamer | Heptamer | Coding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J1.1 | ATTTTTCTC | CACTGTG | CAAACA |
| 2 | J1.4 | AGTTTTACC | TGTTGTG | TTTCCA |
| 3 | J1.2 | CATATTCGA | TGATGTG | CAAACT |
| 4 | J1.3 | GGTTTTGAA | GGCTGTG | TTCTGG |
| 5 | J1.5 | GAGTTTGTC | TACTGTG | TAACAA |
| 6 | J1.6 | GGTTTTACC | AGCTGTG | TTCCTA |
| N/A | J1.7 | GGCTCCATT | GGTTGTG | CCTGTG |
| 1 | J2.5 | AGTTTTTGT | GGCTGTG | AACCAA |
| 2 | J2.4 | AGTTTTTGT | GGCTGTG | AGTCAA |
| 3 | J2.7 | GGTTTGTGT | CTCTGTG | CTCCTA |
| 4 | J2.3 | AGTTTTTGT | GGCTGTG | AGTGCA |
| 5 | J2.1 | GAATTCTTG | TGCTGTG | TAACTA |
| 6 | J2.2 | GGTTTGTGC | GACTGTG | CAAACA |
| N/A | J2.6 | GGTTTCTCT | GGTTGTG | CAGCCC |
| (Consensus) | GGTTTTTGT | CACTGTG | N/A | |
| (Position) | 987654321 | 7654321 | 123456 |
Jβ RSS (5′→3′), ranked within each cluster by the relative frequency of recombination to Dβ1. Spacer sequences (12-mer) are not shown. Consensus sequences were derived as described in the text; highly conserved nucleotides are indicated in bold.