Postcleavage sequence specificity in V(D)J recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5032-5040

  Agard, Emily A ^b   Lewis, Susanna M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA CLEAVAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033934684     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5032-5040.2000     Document Type: Article

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