immune system
• thymocyte number is reduced to less than 2% of control mice
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• B cell development is blocked at the pro-B cell stage
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• the D-J and D-Jbeta1 coding joints exhibit large deletions, with >400 nt deleted from some coding flanks
• in addition, several unusually long P-nucleotide additions occur
• 24% of T cells contain N nucleotide insertions at the coding joints of greater than 5 basepairs
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• there are 10-fold less double-positive thymocytes than in controls
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• B cells are absent in the bone marrow and periphery
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• CD4+ T cells are virtually absent
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• CD8+ T cells are virtually absent
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• spleen cellularity is 20-25% of controls
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cellular
• mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) are extremely sensitive to gamma irradiation with less survival occurring compared to wild-type controls
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• MEFs have increased levels of chromosomal aberrations 24 h after 200 rads similar to levels observed in MEFs
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hematopoietic system
• thymocyte number is reduced to less than 2% of control mice
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• B cell development is blocked at the pro-B cell stage
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• the D-J and D-Jbeta1 coding joints exhibit large deletions, with >400 nt deleted from some coding flanks
• in addition, several unusually long P-nucleotide additions occur
• 24% of T cells contain N nucleotide insertions at the coding joints of greater than 5 basepairs
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• there are 10-fold less double-positive thymocytes than in controls
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• B cells are absent in the bone marrow and periphery
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• CD4+ T cells are virtually absent
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• CD8+ T cells are virtually absent
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• spleen cellularity is 20-25% of controls
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• thymocyte number is reduced to less than 2% of control mice
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