The RAG1 N-terminal domain is an E3 ubiquitin ligase

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-585

  Yurchenko, Vyacheslav ^a   Xue, Zhu ^a   Sadofsky, Moshe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

E3 ligase; In vitro assay; RAG1; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMETE; GENE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LIGASES; MICE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 0037335702     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1058103     Document Type: Article

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