c-kit Proto-oncogene exon 8 in-frame deletion plus insertion mutations in acute myeloid leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 894-900

  Gari, Mamdooh ^a   Goodeve, Anne ^a   Wilson, Gill ^a   Winship, Peter ^a   Langabeer, Stephen ^b   Linch, David ^b   Vandenberghe, Elisabeth ^a   Peake, Ian ^a   Reilly, John ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AML; c kit; CSGE; Mutation; Oncogene

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032989226     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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