Follicular lymphoma immunoglobulin κ light chains are affected by the antigen selection process, but to a lesser degree than their partner heavy chains

British Journal of Haematology, Supplement

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-146

  Stamatopoulos, Kostas ^a   Kosmas, Christos ^a   Papadaki, Theodora ^b   Pouliou, Evi ^b   Belessi, Chrysoula ^a   Afendaki, Stavroula ^b   Anagnostou, Dimitra ^b   Loukopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Follicular lymphoma; Immunoglobulin genes; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, LIGHT CHAIN; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031015724     PISSN: 09631860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.8492477.x     Document Type: Article

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