RAG and HMGB1 create a large bend in the 23RSS in the V(D)J recombination synaptic complexes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2437-2454

  Ciubotaru, Mihai ^a,b,c   Trexler, Adam J ^a   Spiridon, Laurentiu N ^b   Surleac, Marius D ^b   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^a   Petrescu, Andrei J ^b   Schatz, David G ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY   (Romania)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84876380952     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1294     Document Type: Article

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