Transposition mediated by RAG-1 and RAG2 and its implications for the evolution of the immune system

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6695, 1998, Pages 744-751

  Agrawal, Alka ^a   Eastmant, Quinn M ^a   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSPOSASE; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; JAW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSASES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032551829     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29457     Document Type: Article

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