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Further Reading
Bassing CH, Swat W and Alt FW (2002) The mechanism and regulation of chromosomal V(D) J recombination. Cell 109 (Supplement): S45–S55.
Craig N, Craigie R, Gellert M and Lambowitz A (eds) (2002) Mobile DNA II. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
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