RAG1 and RAG2 form a stable postcleavage synaptic complex with DNA containing signal ends in V(D)J recombination

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Agrawal, Alka ^a   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030887862     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80181-6     Document Type: Article

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