Definition of minimal domains of interaction within the recombination- activating genes 1 and 2 recombinase complex

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5826-5832

  Aidinis, Vassilis ^a,b   Dias, Dora C ^a   Gomez, Carlos A ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debika ^a   Spanopoulou, Eugenia ^a   Santagata, Sandro ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RAG 1; PROTEIN RAG 2; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0034089519     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5826     Document Type: Article

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