The mechanism and regulation of chromosomal V(D)J recombination

Cell

Volumn 109, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Bassing, Craig H ^a   Swat, Wojciech ^a   Alt, Frederick W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXON; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OMENN SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036240127     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00675-X     Document Type: Review

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