MLL rearrangements in haematological malignancies: Lessons from clinical and biological studies

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 614-626

  DiMartino, Jorge F ^a,b   Cleary, Michael L ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Fusion proteins; Leukaemogenesis; Transcription; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032831130     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01439.x     Document Type: Review

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