Kinetic analysis of the nicking and hairpin formation steps in V(D)J recombination

DNA Repair

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-75

  Yu, Kefei ^a   Taghva, Alex ^a   Ma, Yunmei ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairpin formation; Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement; Nicking; RAG kinetics; RAG1; RAG2; Recombination activating proteins; Synapsis; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0348140583     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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