Effect of CpG methylation on RAG1/RAG2 reactivity: Implications of direct and indirect mechanisms for controlling V (D) J cleavage

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 774-780

  Nakase, Hiroshi ^a,b   Takahama, Yousuke ^a,b   Akamatsu, Yoshiko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN;

EID: 0041852607     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor904     Document Type: Article

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