Expression of the recombinase-activating gene (RAG-1) in murine early embryogenesis

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-56

  Hayakawa, Satoshi ^a   Tochigi, Meijin ^a   Chishima, Fumihisa ^a   Shiraishi, Hisami ^a   Takahashi, Noriko ^a   Watanabe, Koh ^a   Fujii, Kiyoshi T ^a   Satoh, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

genetic recombination; murine embryogenesis; RAG 1; RAG 2

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029962236     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1996.7     Document Type: Article

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