Novel formation and amplification of the PAX7-FKHR fusion gene in a case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Weber Hall, Stephen ^a   McManus, Aidan ^a   Anderson, John ^a   Nojima, Takayuki ^b   Abe, Syuiti ^c   Pritchard Jones, Kathy ^a   Shipley, Janet ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029798753     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199609)17:1<7::AID-GCC2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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