Fusion of the EWS1 and WT1 genes as a result of the t(11;22)(p13;q12) translocation in desmoplastic small round cell tumors

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 434-439

  Benjamin, Laura E ^a   Fredericks, William J ^a   Barr, Frederic G ^a   Rauscher III, Frank J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosomal translocation; Ewing's sarcoma; molecular analysis; urogenital organogenesis; Wilms' tumor; WT1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN WT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL SARCOMA; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; MESOTHELIOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL SARCOMA;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; MESODERM; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; ONCOGENES; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SARCOMA, SMALL CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; WT1 PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029848436     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199611)27:5<434::AID-MPO8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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