Unraveling V(D)J Recombination: Insights into Gene Regulation

Cell

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Jung, David ^a   Alt, Frederick W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ALLOTYPE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842303307     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00039-X     Document Type: Review

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