Heterogenous expression of bcr-abl fusion mRNA in a patient with Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 837-840

  Inokuchi, Koiti ^a   Futaki, Makoto ^a   Hanawa, Hideki ^a   Tanosaki, Sakae ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroki ^a   Iwakiri, Rika ^a   Nomura, Takeo ^a   Dan, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Alternative splicing; Bcr abl gene; Philadelphia chromosome; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030873597     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1452959.x     Document Type: Article

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