rag-1 and rag-2: Biochemistry and protein interactions

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 217, Issue , 1996, Pages 11-29

  Schatz, David G ^a   Leu, Thomas M J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA BINDING; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0030419890     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50140-1_2     Document Type: Article

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