DNA structural properties of AF9 are similar to MLL and could act as recombination hot spots resulting in MLL/AF9 translocations and leukemogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1671-1679

  Strissel, Pamela L ^a   Strick, Reiner ^a   Tomek, Ronald J ^a   Roe, Bruce A ^b   Rowley, Janet D ^a   Zeleznik Le, Nancy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034234515     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.11.1671     Document Type: Article

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