V(D)J and immunoglobulin class switch recombinations: A paradigm to study the regulation of DNA end-joining

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 56, 2007, Pages 7780-7791

  Soulas Sprauel, P ^a,b   Rivera Munoz, P ^a,b   Malivert, L ^a,b   Le Guyader, G ^a,b   Abramowski, V ^a,b   Revy, P ^a,b   De Villartay, J P ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Artemis; Cernunnos; Class switch recombination; NHEJ; SCID; V(D)Jrecombi nation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ATM PROTEIN; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H2AX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ARTEMIS GENE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL MATURATION; CERNUNNOS GENE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA LIGASE4 GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE; XRCC4 GENE; XRCC4 LIKE FACTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

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EID: 36949037544     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210875     Document Type: Review

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