V(H)-mediated mechanisms in normal and neoplastic B cell development

Immunologic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Silberstein, Leslie E ^a   Rao, Sambasiva P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; HIV; Lymphoma; Repertoire; V(H) gene

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION;

EID: 0031594551     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02786449     Document Type: Review

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