Transposition of hAT elements links transposable elements and V(D)J recombination

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7020, 2004, Pages 995-1001

  Zhou, Liqin ^a   Mitra, Rupak ^a   Atkinson, Peter W ^b   Hickman, Alison Burgess ^c   Dyda, Fred ^c   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS; CATALYSIS; GENES;

ANTIGEN RECEPTOR GENES; GENE EXPRESSION; TRANSPOSITION;

DNA;

AMINO ACID; HERMES TRANSPOSASE; INTEGRASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE INSERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON HAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES;

EUKARYOTA; INSECTA;

EID: 11144245992     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03157     Document Type: Article

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