The hormones secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (neurohypophysis) are arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Exonuclease trimming sometimes occurs at the VDJ and VJ junctions, causing loss of nucleotides.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Combinatorial diversity: The same heavy chain can combine with different light chain

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

This recombinational event is catalyzed by a set of enzymes, many of which are also involved in nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA repair functions that occur in all cells.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Only three of the proteins implicated in V(D)J recombination are unique to lymphocytes: RAG1, RAG2, and Terminal deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT)

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Recombination between the D and a JH gene segment occur during pre pro-B cell to the early pro-B-cell stage.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

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