Assembly pathway and characterization of the RAG1/2-DNA paired and signal-end complexes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 14618-14625

  Lapkouski, Mikalai ^a,b,c   Chuenchor, Watchalee ^a   Kim, Min Sung ^a   Gellert, Martin ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MAMMALS; METAL IONS; METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; T-CELLS;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; DNA BINDING SITE; DNA REARRANGEMENTS; HETEROTETRAMERS; IMMUNE RECEPTORS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCES; T CELL RECEPTOR;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MAGNESIUM ION; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84930631577     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.641787     Document Type: Article

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