A novel ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion in congenital fibrosarcoma

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-187

  Knezevich, Stevan R ^a   McFadden, Deborah E ^a   Tao, Wen ^a   Lim, Jerian F ^a   Sorensen, Poul H B ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROSARCOMA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKC; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031953233     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0298-184     Document Type: Article

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