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The frequency of illegitimate TCRbeta/gamma gene recombination in human lymphocytes: influence of age, environmental exposure and cytostatic treatment, and correlation with frequencies of t(14;18) and hprt mutation.
Mutation research - 18 Aug 1999
Meydan D, Nilsson T, Törnblom M, Hagmar L, Hellgren D, Fuscoe J C, Lambert B
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome translocations in lymphoid malignancies often involve V(D)J recombinase mediated events giving rise to aberrant T-cell receptor (TCR) and immunoglobulin genes, which have been suggested to be useful as markers of genomic instability, genotoxic exposure and cancer risk. Illegitimate rearrangements involving the TCRbeta/gamma loci on chromosome 7 create TCRbeta/gamma hybrid genes which occur at low...
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