New concepts in the regulation of an ancient reaction: Transposition by RAG1/RAG2

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 200, Issue , 2004, Pages 261-271

  Chatterji, Monalisa ^a   Tsai, Chia Lun ^b   Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSPOSASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 3242886493     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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