The composition of coding joints formed in V(D)J recombination is strongly affected by the nucleotide sequence of the coding ends and their relationship to the recombination signal sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 4191-4197

  Ezekiel, Uthayashanker R ^a   Sun, Tianhe ^a   Bozek, Grazyna ^a   Storb, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030984706     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.4191     Document Type: Article

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