FUSION OF AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE GENE AND A T-CELL RECEPTOR CONSTANT GENE IN THE CHROMOSOME-14 INVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH T-CELL TUMORS
FUSION OF AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE GENE AND A T-CELL RECEPTOR CONSTANT GENE IN THE CHROMOSOME-14 INVERSION ASSOCIATED WITH T-CELL TUMORS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(85)90243-0
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发表时间:
1985-12-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
RABBITTS, TH
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作者:
BAER, R;CHEN, KC;RABBITTS, TH
An inversion of chromosome 14, inv(14)(q11,q32), is frequently observed in human T cells tumors; the cytogenetic breakpoints are of interest because the T cell receptor .alpha.-chain and immunoglobulin heavy chain genes reside on chromosome bands 14Q11 and 14q32, respectively. We have investigated the structure of the .alpha.-chain genes in a T cell line harboring the chromosome 14 inversion. On the normal chromosome 14, a V.alpha. segment has rearranged nonproductively with a J.alpha. segment. In contrast, the inverted chromosome features an unprecedented rearrangement in which an immunoglobulin heavy chain variable gene segment (VH) on chromosome band 14q32 has joined with a J.alpha. segment from band 14q11. The VH-J.alpha.C.alpha. rearrangement is productive at the genomic level and therefore may encode a hybrid immunoglobulin/T cell receptor polypeptide.