Significance of rearrangement of the BCL6 gene in B-cell lymphoid neoplasms

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Ohno, Hitoshi ^a   Fukuhara, Shirou ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3q27 translocation; BCl6 gene; non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030780528     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709068271     Document Type: Review

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