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. 1992 Sep 25;20(18):4929–4930. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.18.4929

Nucleotide sequence of the intron of the germline human kappa immunoglobulin gene connecting the J and C regions reveals a matrix association region (MAR) next to the enhancer.

C Whitehurst 1, H R Henney 1, E E Max 1, H W Schroeder Jr 1, F Stüber 1, K A Siminovitch 1, W T Garrard 1
PMCID: PMC334254  PMID: 1408808

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