RAG2 PHD finger couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with V(D)J recombination

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7172, 2007, Pages 1106-1110

  Matthews, Adam G W ^a,b   Kuo, Alex J ^c   Ramón Maiques, Santiago ^d   Han, Sunmi ^a,b   Champagne, Karen S ^e   Ivanov, Dmitri ^b   Gallardo, Mercedes ^a,b   Carney, Dylan ^c   Cheung, Peggie ^c   Ciccone, David N ^a,b   Walter, Kay L ^c   Utz, Paul J ^f   Shi, Yang ^b   Kutateladze, Tatiana G ^e   Yang, Wei ^d   Gozani, Or ^c   Oettinger, Marjorie A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; LYSINE; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE; DNA; EUKARYOTE; METHYLATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249041657     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06431     Document Type: Article

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