Association of Ig/BCL6 translocations with germinal center B lymphocytes in human lymphoid tissues: Implications for malignant transformation

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2006-2012

  Yang, Xuwei ^b   Lee, Koutetsu ^b   Said, Jonathan ^b   Gong, Xun ^b   Zhang, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 33748685220     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-011536     Document Type: Article

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