Enhancer control of V(D)J recombination at the TCRβ locus: Differential effects on DNA cleavage and joining

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2305-2317

  Hempel, William M ^a   Stanhope Baker, Patricia ^b   Mathieu, Noëlle ^a   Huang, Fang ^a   Schlissel, Mark S ^b   Ferrier, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double strand break repair; RSS accessibility; TCR enhancer; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032146072     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.15.2305     Document Type: Article

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