Distinct roles of RAG1 and RAG2 in binding the V(D)J recombination signal sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4670-4678

  Akamatsu, Yoshiko ^b   Oettinger, Marjorie A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE COPPER; CALCIUM ION; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0031826699     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4670     Document Type: Article

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