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. 2022 Apr 29;10:886718. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.886718

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Classical mechanism of RAG initiated cleavage. Ig loci segments are flanked by 12/23 RSS containing a heptamer and nonamer sequence for RAG complex association. Synapsis of two RSS sites allows for nicking, cleavage by transesterification, and hairpin formation to form the post cleavage complex.