Identification of complex genomic breakpoint junctions in the t(9;11) MLL-AF9 fusion gene in acute leukemia

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Super, Heidi Gill ^a,b   Strissel, Pamela L ^a   Sobulo, Olatoyosi M ^a   Burian, Dennis ^c   Reshmi, Shalini C ^a   Roe, Bruce ^c   Zeleznik Le, Nancy J ^a   Diaz, Manuel O ^d   Rowley, Janet D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030886240     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199710)20:2<185::aid-gcc9>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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