Spurious detection of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocytes
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Spurious detection of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocytes.
Expression of terminal transferase (TdT) is believed to be restricted to primitive lymphoid cells; recently, however, indirect immunofluorescent (IF) assays have been used to demonstrate the apparent presence of TdT in phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes and in various nonlymphoid malignancies. Using an IF assay, we found that a heteroantiserum to TdT reacted with c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v68.1.310.bloodjournal681310