Characterization and expression of the recombination activating genes (rag1 and rag2) of zebrafish

Immunogenetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 394-404

  Willett, Catherine E ^a   Cherry, Jason J ^a   Steiner, Lisa A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INTRON; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MESONEPHROS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030891473     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050221     Document Type: Article

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