A new take on V(D)J recombination: Transcription driven nuclear and chromatin reorganization in RAG-mediated cleavage

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Chaumeil, Julie ^a,b   Skok, Jane A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

ATM; Higher order loops; Nuclear organization; Nucleosomes; Pericentromeric heterochromatin; RAG; Transcription; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892178880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00423     Document Type: Review

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