Aberrant methylation of the major breakpoint cluster region in chronic myeloid leukemia

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2241-2249

  Litz, Craig E ^a,b   Vos, Jeffery A ^a   Copenhaver, Cedith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029815443     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.6.2241.bloodjournal8862241     Document Type: Article

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