A basic motif in the N-terminal region of RAG1 enhances V(D)J recombination activity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4544-4552

  McMahan, Catherine J ^a   Difilippantonio, Michael J ^a   Rao, Navin ^a   Spanopoulou, Eugenia ^b   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030811531     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4544     Document Type: Article

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