V(D)J recombination catalyzed by mutant RAG proteins lacking consensus DNA-PK phosphorylation sites

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1263-1269

  Lin, J M ^a   Landree, M A ^a   Roth, D B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen receptor gene rearrangement; RAG proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, RAG-1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0033510231     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(99)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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