Assessing the pathogenic potential of the V(D)J recombinase by interlocus immunoglobulin light-chain gene rearrangement

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 887-894

  Bailey, Stephanie N ^a   Rosenberg, Naomi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031039088     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.887     Document Type: Article

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