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It is surprising that the genetic variation in the upstream regions is still overlooked, considering the fact that the leader regions (L-PART1, L-PART2) are nowadays frequently used as primer binding sites for immunoglobulin repertoire library preparation protocols (31,48,49). The reason for the existence of upstream polymorphisms is unclear, but conceivably such polymorphisms might have APR-246 functional relevance by influencing the stability of the mRNA or by affecting the binding of regulatory proteins (50,51). novel germline IGHV alleles as inferred from rearranged na?ve B cell cDNA repertoires of 98 individuals. Thirteen novel alleles were selected for validation, out of which ten…