G.O.D.'s holy grail: Discovery of the RAG proteins

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-4

  Brandt, Vicky L ^b   Roth, David B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; DNA CLEAVAGE; FIBROBLAST; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HISTORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 40449102602     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.1.3     Document Type: Short Survey

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