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ReviewNucleic acids research2001

The RAG proteins in V(D)J recombination: more than just a nuclease.

M J Sadofsky

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Review in Nucleic acids research, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Genome editing technologies: defining a path to clinic.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

M J SadofskyMedical College of Georgia, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, CB-2803, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. moshe@immagene.mcg.edu
Augusta University · US

Funding

DNA-Binding and Complex Formation by RAG ProteinsR01AI041711 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI SADOFSKY, MOSHE J. · 2001 to 2005
$1.6M
DNA-BINDING AND COMPLEX FORMATION BY RAG PROTEINSR29AI041711 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI SADOFSKY, MOSHE J. · 1998 to 2000
$102k
NIAID NIH HHS AI41711NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI041711NIAID NIH HHS R29 AI041711
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

V(D)J recombination is the process that generates the diversity among T cell receptors and is one of three mechanisms that contribute to the diversity of antibodies in the vertebrate immune system. The mechanism requires precise cutting of the DNA at segment boundaries followed by rejoining of particular pairs of the resulting termini. The imprecision of aspects of the joining reaction contributes significantly to increasing the variability of the resulting functional genes. Signal sequences target DNA recombination and must participate in a highly ordered protein-DNA complex in order to limit recombination to appropriate partners. Two proteins, RAG1 and RAG2, together form the nuclease that cleaves the DNA at the border of the signal sequences. Additional roles of these proteins in organizing the reaction complex for subsequent steps are explored.

Indexed as

Gene RearrangementAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsDeoxyribonucleasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA NucleotidyltransferasesGenes, ImmunoglobulinHomeodomain ProteinsHumansImmunoglobulin Joining RegionImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMolecular Sequence DataNuclear ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidVDJ RecombinasesDeoxyribonucleasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA NucleotidyltransferasesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunoglobulin Joining RegionImmunoglobulin Variable RegionNuclear ProteinsRAG-1 proteinRAG2 protein, humanVDJ RecombinasesV(D)J recombination activating protein 2

Identifiers

PMID11266539
PMCPMC31291
OpenAlexW2133314522

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