A conserved degradation signal regulates RAG-2 accumulation during cell division and links V(D)J recombination to the cell cycle

Immunity

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 575-589

  Li, Zhong ^a   Dordai, Dominic I ^a   Lee, Jinhak ^a   Desiderio, Stephen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAG 2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030498092     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80272-1     Document Type: Article

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