Fusion of an ETS-Family Gene, EIAF, to EWS by t(17;22)(q12;q12) Chromosome Translocation in an Undifferentiated Sarcoma of Infancy

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Kaneko, Yasuhiko ^a   Yoshida, Koichi ^b   Handa, Masafumi ^a   Toyoda, Yasunori ^c   Nishihira, Hirokazu ^c   Tanaka, Yukichi ^c   Sasaki, Yoshiroh ^c   Ishida, Setsuko ^b   Higashino, Fumihiro ^b   Fujinaga, Kei ^b  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA BINDING; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; SARCOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOVIRUS E1A PROTEINS; CHEEK; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA, NEOPLASM; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SARCOMA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030028657     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199602)15:2<115::aid-gcc6>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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