Roles of the 'Dispensable' portions of RAG-1 and RAG-2 in V(D)J recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3010-3017

  Steen, S B ^a,d   Han, J O ^a   Mundy, C ^b,c   Oettinger, M A ^b,c   Roth, D B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032913232     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.3010     Document Type: Article

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