V(D)J recombination

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 200, Issue , 2004, Pages 5-11

  Schatz, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MATURATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, RAG-1; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 3242888974     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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