UACUAAC is branch point sequence for U2 type introns

CCUUAAC is branch point sequence for U12 type introns

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Recombination between the VH and D-JH segments follows during the pro-B-cell stage.

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VpreB and λ5 (called a surrogate light chain), to form a pre-B-cell receptor.

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Light-chain recombination occurs at the small pre-B-cell stage of B-cell development.

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Site of DNA cleavage - Recombination Signal Sequence (RSS) 

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Recognition of Recombination Signal Sequence (RSS) by the RAG1/RAG2 enzyme complex.

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RAG1 is expressed at all phases of the cell cycle, RAG2 is stable only in G0- or G1-phase cells.