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Lack of allelic exclusion in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 21 Apr 1997
Rassenti L Z, Kipps T J
Abstract excerpt
We determined the immunoglobulin (Ig) V(H) subgroup expressed by the leukemia cells of 108 patients with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Surprisingly, we found that six samples (5%) each expressed Ig of more than one V(H) subgroup. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that these samples each had rearrangements involving both Ig heavy chain alleles. Nucleic acid sequence analyses of the Ig cDNA revealed...
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