Fusion of retinoic acid receptor α to NuMA, the nuclear mitotic apparatus protein, by a variant translocation in acute promyelocytic leukaemia

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Wells, Richard A ^a,b,c   Catzavelos, Charles ^d   Kamel Reid, Suzanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 17; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030771192     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-109     Document Type: Article

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