The architecture of the 12RSS in V(D)J recombination signal and synaptic complexes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 917-931

  Ciubotaru, Mihai ^a,b   Surleac, Marius D ^c   Metskas, Lauren Ann ^a   Koo, Peter ^d   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^a   Petrescu, Andrei J ^c   Schatz, David G ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; METABOLISM; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; V(D)J RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84941145632     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1348     Document Type: Article

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