V(D)J recombination: Links to transposition and double-strand break repair

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 64, Issue , 1999, Pages 161-167

  Gellert, M ^a   Hesse, J E ^a   Hiom, K ^a,c   Melek, M ^a   Modesti, M ^a   Paull, T T ^a   Ramsden, D A ^a,d   Van Gent, D C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROXYL GROUP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; KU ANTIGEN; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; PROTEIN KINASE; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; XRCC4 PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRIDAE; DNA HAIRPIN; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSPOSON; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

EID: 0033504276     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1999.64.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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