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Acquisition of potential N-glycosylation sites in the immunoglobulin variable region by somatic mutation is a distinctive feature of follicular lymphoma.
Blood - 1 Apr 2002
Zhu Delin, McCarthy Helen, Ottensmeier Christian H, Johnson Peter, Hamblin Terry J, Stevenson Freda K
Abstract excerpt
Most patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) have somatically mutated V genes with intraclonal variation, consistent with location in the germinal center site. Using our own and published sequences, we have investigated the frequency of potential N-glycosylation sites introduced into functional V(H) genes as a consequence of somatic mutation. FL cells were compared with normal memory B cells or plasma cells...
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