Structural analysis of PAX3 genomic rearrangements in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-39

  Barr, Frederic G ^a   Nauta, Lauren E ^a   Hollows, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMATIN; CYTOGENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTRONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032053388     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(97)00287-2     Document Type: Article

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