Early steps of V(D)J rearrangement: Insights from biochemical studies of RAG-RSS complexes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 650, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Swanson, Patrick C ^a   Kumar, Sushi ^a   Raval, Prafulla ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B2 PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; V(D)J RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE; VDJ EXON; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNAPSIS;

CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 70349572500     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0296-2_1     Document Type: Article

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