V(D)J recombination: Born to be wild

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Ramsden, Dale A ^a   Weed, Brett D ^b   Reddy, Yeturu V R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Food and Drug Protection Division   (United States)

^c Biologics Development Centre   (India)

Author keywords

G4 DNA; RAG1; RAG2; Transposon; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; DNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOMA; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPOSON; VDJ EXON;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 77956815333     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2010.06.002     Document Type: Review

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