Acute myelogenous leukemia: A disorder of gene splicing?

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-206

  Van Der Reijden, B A ^a   Van Ommen, G J B ^a   Hagemeijer, A ^b   Breuning, M H ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Core binding factor; Gene splicing; inv(16); t(8; 21)

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0029879815     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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