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Insight into the origin and clonal history of B-cell tumors as revealed by analysis of immunoglobulin variable region genes.
Immunological reviews - 1 Apr 1998
Stevenson F, Sahota S, Zhu D, Ottensmeier C, Chapman C, Oscier D, Hamblin T
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Recombination of VH, DH and JH genes is a unique first step in normal B-cell development. Subsequent differentiation to a mature plasma cell is accompanied by further events in the Ig genes, including VL-JL joining, somatic hypermutation and isotype switching. Chromosomal changes leading to B-cell tumors can occur at many points in this sequence, and may be partly a consequence of the genetic mobility and...
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