Lineage specificity of CBFA2 fusion transcripts

Leukemia Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Dann, E J ^a   Fears, S ^b   Arad Dann H ^a   Nucifora, G ^c   Rowley, J D ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Section Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal translocation; Cytokine receptor; Differentiation; Lymphoid; Myeloid

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; GENE EXPRESSION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033991667     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(99)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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