BCL-6 protein expression in normal and neoplastic lymphoid tissues

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Falini, B ^a,c   Fizzotti, M ^a   Pileri, S ^b   Liso, A ^a   Pasqualucci, L ^a   Flenghi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosomal translocations; Immunophenotype; Leukemias; Lymphomas; Monoclonal antibodies; Oncogenes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE;

EID: 0030800097     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/8.suppl_2.S101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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