The RAG proteins and V(D)J recombination: Complexes, ends, and transposition

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 495-527

  Fugmann, Sebastian D ^a   Lee, Alfred Ian ^a   Shockett, Penny E ^a   Villey, Isabelle J ^a   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen receptor; RAG1; RAG2; Site specific recombination; Transposition

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; METAL ION; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAG; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0034094425     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.495     Document Type: Review

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