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Further Reading
Arakawa H and Buerstedde JM (2004) Immunoglobulin gene conversion: insights from bursal B cells and the DT40 cell line. Developmental Dynamics 229: 458–464.
Brown WRA, Hubbard SJ, Tickle C and Wilson SA (2003) The chicken as a model for large‐scale analysis of vertebrate gene function. Nature Reviews. Genetics 4: 87–98.
Buerstedde JM and Takeda S (eds) (2006) Reviews and Protocols in DT40 Research. Subcellular Biochemistry, vol. 40. New York: Springer. ISBN: 9781402048951.
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