Use of IGHJ and IGHD gene mutations in analysis of immunoglobulin sequences for the prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1247-1252

  Lee, Cindy E H ^a   Jackson, Katherine J L ^a   Sewell, William A ^a   Collins, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; IGHJ; Immunoglobulin; Repertoire development; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IGHJ GENE; IGHV GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DELTA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249866888     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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