Footprint analysis of recombination signal sequences in the 12/23 synaptic complex of V(D)J recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 7217-7225

  Nagawa, Fumikiyo ^a   Kodama, Masami ^a   Nishihara, Tadashi ^a   Ishiguro, Kei ichiro ^a   Sakano, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0036788786     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.20.7217-7225.2002     Document Type: Article

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