RAG1 mediates signal sequence recognition and recruitment of RAG2 in V(D)J recombination

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Difilippantonio, Michael J ^a   McMahan, Catherine J ^a   Eastman, Quinn M ^a   Spanopoulou, Eugenia ^b   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0001265782     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81343-4     Document Type: Article

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