TCR-gamma gene rearrangement with interstitial deletion within the TRGV2 gene segment is not detected in normal T-lymphocytes

Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-253

  Castellanos, A ^a   Martin Seisdedos, C ^a   Toribio, M L ^c   San Miguel, J F ^b   Gonzalez Sarmiento R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031990927     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400903     Document Type: Letter

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