Stimulation of V(D)J cleavage by high mobility group proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2665-2670

  Van Gent, Dik C ^a   Hiom, Kevin ^b   Paull, Tanya T ^b   Gellert, Martin ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; HMG proteins; RAG1 and RAG2; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030994385     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2665     Document Type: Article

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