Gene rearrangements in the molecular pathogenesis of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 288-296

  Kalantry, Sundeep ^a   Delva, Laurent ^a   Gaboli, Mirella ^a   Gandini, Domenica ^a   Giorgio, Marco ^a   Hawe, Nicola ^a   He, Li Zhen ^a   Peruzzi, Daniela ^a   Rivi, Roberta ^a   Tribioli, Carla ^a   Wang, Zhu Gang ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Pandolfi, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 5; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 0030727422     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199711)173:2<288::AID-JCP38>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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