AML1 gene amplification: A novel finding in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 362-366

  Niini, Tarja ^a   Kanerva, Jukka ^b   Vettenranta, Kim ^b   Saarinen Pihkala, Ulla Maija ^b   Knuutila, Sakari ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

AML1 gene; Amplification; Childhood acute lymphoblastic; Chromosome 21; Gain; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034090392     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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