V(D)J recombination: Modulation of RAG1 and RAG2 cleavage activity on 12/23 substrates by whole cell extract and DNA-bending proteins

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2025-2032

  Sawchuk, Dennis J ^a   Weis Garcia, Frances ^a   Malik, Sohail ^a   Besmer, Eva ^a   Bustin, Michael ^b   Nussenzweig, Michel C ^a   Cortes, Patricia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFECTION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0030980386     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.11.2025     Document Type: Article

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