A C-terminal region of RAG1 contacts the coding DNA during V(D)J recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2038-2047

  Mo, Xianming ^a   Bailin, Tu ^a   Sadofsky, Moshe J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; DNA PROBES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRYPSIN;

DNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0035018257     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.6.2038-2047.2001     Document Type: Article

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