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. 1988 Jan;8(1):511–513. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.511

Transfection of an immunoglobulin kappa gene into mature human B lymphocytes.

L T Bich-Thuy 1, C Queen 1
PMCID: PMC363164  PMID: 3122027

Abstract

We show in this report that the transcription induced by interleukin-2 or pokeweed mitogens of the kappa MOPC 41 immunoglobulin light-chain gene transfected into primary human or murine B lymphocytes initiates from a previously unobserved start site about 26 base pairs upstream of the start site used in myeloma cell lines.

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