Molecular analysis of the pre-BCR complex in a large cohort of patients affected by autosomal-recessive agammaglobulinemia

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-333

  Ferrari, S ^a   Zuntini, R ^a   Lougaris, V ^b   Soresina, A ^b   Sourkova V ^a   Fiorini, M ^b   Martino, S ^c   Rossi, P ^d   Pietrogrande, M C ^e   Martire, B ^f   Spadaro, G ^g   Cardinale, F ^f   Cossu, F ^h   Pierani, P ⁱ   Quinti, I ^j   Rossi, C ^a   Plebani, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BETA ACTIN; BRUTON TYROSINE KINASE; CD19 ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BONE MARROW CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 34250006519     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364391     Document Type: Article

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