RAS mutations in pediatric leukemias with MLL gene rearrangements

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-275

  Mahgoub, Nidal ^a   Parker, Robert I ^b   Hosler, Matthew R ^c   Close, Pamelyn ^d   Winick, Naomi J ^e   Masterson, Margaret ^f   Shannon, Kevin M ^a   Felix, Carolyn A ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GYRASE INHIBITOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CYTOGENETICS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031881426     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199803)21:3<270::AID-GCC14>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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