Identification and characterization of a gain-of-function RAG-1 mutant

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4712-4728

  Kriatchko, Aleksei N ^a   Anderson, Dirk K ^a   Swanson, Patrick C ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, RAG-1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

SYNAPSIS;

EID: 33745055972     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02487-05     Document Type: Article

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