A RAG-1/RAG/RAG-2 tetramer supports 12/23-regulated synapsis, cleavage, and transposition of V(D)J recombination signals

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 7790-7801

  Swanson, Patrick C ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE TARGETING; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, RAG-1; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0036839614     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.7790-7801.2002     Document Type: Article

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