Tetramerization and DNA ligase IV interaction of the DNA double-strand break repair protein XRCC4 are mutually exclusive

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-228

  Modesti, Mauro ^a   Junop, Murray S ^b   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^c   Van De Rakt, Mandy ^a   Gellert, Martin ^c   Yang, Wei ^c   Kanaar, Roland ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Non homologous end joining; Protein protein interaction; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DIMER; DNA; ISOENZYME; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN XRCC4; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0242289356     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.031     Document Type: Article

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