The Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination

Molecular Biology of B Cells: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 13-34

  Little, Alicia J ^a   Matthews, Adam ^b,c,d   Oettinger, Marjorie ^b   Roth, David B ^e   Schatz, David G ^a,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen receptor; Nonhomologous end joining; RAG; Recombination signal sequence; Recombination activating gene; RSS; Site specific recombination; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942108408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397933-9.00002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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