The genomic breakpoint and chimeric transcripts in the EWSR1-ETV4/E1AF gene fusion in Ewing sarcoma

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 278-283

  Ishida, S ^a   Yoshid, K ^a   Kaneko, Y ^b   Tanaka, Y ^c   Sasaki, Y ^c   Urano, F ^d   Umezawa, A ^d   Hata, J ^d   Fujinaga, K ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EWING SARCOMA; EXON; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALIAS;

EID: 0032435968     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015119     Document Type: Article

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