The RAG1 V(D)J recombinase/ubiquitin ligase promotes ubiquitylation of acetylated, phosphorylated histone 3.3

Immunology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Jones, Jessica M ^a   Bhattacharyya, Anamika ^a   Simkus, Carrie ^a   Vallieres, Brice ^a   Veenstra, Timothy D ^b   Zhou, Ming ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Histone H3.3; RAG1; Ubiquitin ligase; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; SERINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; UBIQUITINATION; UP-REGULATION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 79953029378     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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