The V(D)J recombination activating protein RAG2 consists of a six-bladed propeller and a PHD fingerlike domain, as revealed by sequence analysis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 880-891

  Callebaut, I ^a   Mornon, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

propeller; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Kelch motif; PHD motif; RAG2; V(D)J recombination; Zinc binding

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031712128     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050216     Document Type: Article

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