Article
Lack of extensive mutations in the VH5 genes used in common B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 1993
Rassenti L Z, Kipps T J
Abstract excerpt
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a malignancy of the CD5+ B cells. Prior studies indicated that CLL B cells generally express immunoglobulin (Ig) VH and VL genes with little or no somatic mutations. However, a recent report indicated that VH251, one of three VH genes belonging to the...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, CD
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- CD5 Antigens
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
