Non-homologous end joining in class switch recombination: The beginning of the end

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1517, 2009, Pages 653-665

  Kotnis, Ashwin ^a   Du, Likun ^a   Liu, Chonghai ^a   Popov, Sergey W ^a   Pan Hammarström, Qiang ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative NHEJ; Class switch recombination; Microhomology; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 60049083261     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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