Heterogeneous breakpoints on the immunoglobulin genes are involved in fusion with the 5′ region of BCL2 in B-cell tumors

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 933-940

  Yonetani, N ^a   Ueda, C ^a   Akasaka, T ^a   Nishikori, M ^a   Uchiyama, T ^a   Ohno, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 region of BCL2; Immunoglobulin genes; Receptor editing; V D J recombination; Deleting element

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0034791537     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2001.tb01183.x     Document Type: Article

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