The role of chimeric paired box transcription factors in the pathogenesis of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Barr, Frederic G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033118781     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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