V(D)J recombinase-mediated HPRT mutations in peripheral blood lymphocytes of normal children

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1405-1412

  Finette, Barry A ^a,b   Poseno, Tina ^a   Albertini, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0029923508     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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