Lack of TEL-AML 1 fusion transcript resulting from a cryptic t(12;21) in adult B lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Taiwan

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1456-1458

  Shih, L Y ^a   Chou, T B ^a   Liang, D C ^b   Tzeng, Y S ^a   Rubnitz, J E ^c,d   Downing, J R ^c,d   Pui, C H ^c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult acute lymphoblasiic leukemia; B lineage immunophenotype; t(12; 21)(p12 13; q22); TEL AML1 fusion

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RUNX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 21; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029664885     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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