Exon/intron structure of the human AF-4 gene, a member of the AF-4/LAF- 4/FMR-2 gene family coding for a nuclear protein with structural alterations in acute leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-169

  Nilson, I ^a   Reichel, M ^a   Ennas, M G ^b   Greim, R ^a   Knorr C ^a   Siegler, G ^a   Greil, J ^a   Fey, G H ^a   Marschalek, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; AF 4; FMR 2; LAF 4; t(4:11) chromosomal rearrangement

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030803841     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1522966.x     Document Type: Article

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