The BCR gene recombines preferentially with Alu elements in complex BCR-ABL translocations of chronic myeloid leukaemia

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 767-776

  Jeffs, Aaron R ^a   Benjes, Suzanne M ^a   Smith, Tania L ^a   Sowerby, Stephen J ^a   Morris, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID GENE; KARYOTYPE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; GENES, ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCR; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031898431     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.5.767     Document Type: Article

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