Mechanistic constraints on diversity in human V(D)J recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 258-269

  Gauss, George H ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MATURATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029655319     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.1.258     Document Type: Article

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