Alu and translisin recognition site sequences flanking translocation sites in a novel type of chimeric bcr-abl transcript suggest a possible general mechanism for bcr-abl breakpoints

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Martinelli, Giovanni ^a   Terragna, Carolina ^b   Amabile, Marilina ^b   Montefusco, Vittorio ^b   Testoni, Nicoletta ^b   Ottaviani, Emanuela ^b   De Vivo, Antonio ^b   Mianulli, Annamaria ^b   Saglio, Giuseppe ^b   Tura, Sante ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alu; BCR ABL; CML; Translisin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INTRON; ONCOGENE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALU ELEMENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; EXONS; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; INTRONS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033962962     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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