V(D)J Recombination Is Not Required for the Development of Lymphoma in p53-deficient Mice

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-138

  Nacht, Mariana ^a,b,c   Jacks, Tyler ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lymphoma Research Foundation   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RECOMBINASE; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, P53; GENES, RAG-1; GERM-LINE MUTATION; LYMPHOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031992186     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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