The immunoglobulin genes: Structure and specificity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1081-1086

  Tobin, Gerard ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigen specificity; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Immunoglobulin genes; Stereotyped receptors

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCR; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34347350159     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701342034     Document Type: Review

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