The RAG1 homeodomain recruits HMG1 and HMG2 to facilitate recombination signal sequence binding and to enhance the intrinsic DNA-bending activity of RAG1-RAG2

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 6532-6542

  Aidinis, Vassilis ^a,d   Bonaldi, Tiziana ^b,c   Beltrame, Monica ^b   Santagata, Sandro ^a   Bianchi, Marco E ^b,c   Spanopoulou, Eugenia ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Dipto Genet Biol Microrganismi   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032823310     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.10.6532     Document Type: Article

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