The commonly deleted region at 9p21-22 in lymphoblastic leukemias spans at least 400 kb and includes p16 but not p15 or the IFN gene cluster

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Aguiar, R C T ^a   Sill, H ^a   Goldman, J M ^a   Cross, N C P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Chromosome 9; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PROTEIN P16;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031056793     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400553     Document Type: Article

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