Analysis of the region of the 5' end of the MLL gene involved in genomic duplication events

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 256-264

  Wiedemann, Leanne M ^a   MacGregor, Angus ^a   Caldas, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 11q23; Genomic; MLL; Promoter; Tandem duplication

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032925075     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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