Malignant melanoma of the soft parts (clear-cell sarcoma): Confirmation of EWS and ATF-1 gene fusion caused by a t(12;22) translocation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 496-499

  Speleman, Frank ^a   Delattre, Olivier ^c   Peter, Martine ^c   Hauben, Esther ^b   Van Roy, Nadine ^a   Van Marck, Eric ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

ATF 1; Chromosome 12; Chromosome 22; EWS; Gene fusion; Malignant melanoma of the soft parts; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; EWING SARCOMA; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELANOMA; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031009856     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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