Point mutations of the BCL-6 gene in Burkitt's lymphoma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 168-170

  Capello, Daniela ^a   Carbone, Antonino ^b   Pastore, Cristina ^a   Gloghini, Annunziata ^b   Saglio, Giuseppe ^a   Gaidano, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; BCL 6; Burkitt's lymphoma; Genetic lesion; Germinal centre

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030729752     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3573171.x     Document Type: Article

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