A novel MLL-AF10 fusion mRNA variant in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia detected by a new asymmetric reverse transcription PCR method

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1588-1593

  Hjorth Sorensen B ^a   Pallisgaard, N ^a   Gronholm M ^a   Hokland, P ^b   Clausen, N ^b   Jorgensen P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Fusion mRNA; MLL AF10

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030772567     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400758     Document Type: Article

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