Double-strand breaks, DNA hairpins, and the mechanism of V(D)J recombination

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 217, Issue , 1996, Pages 61-77

  Steen, Sharri Bockheim ^a   Zhu, Chengming ^a   Roth, David B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; MICE; MICE, SCID; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030391216     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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