Frequent co-expression of HoxA9 and Meis1 genes in infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with MLL rearrangement

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-121

  Imamura, Toshihiko ^a   Morimoto, Akira ^a   Takanashi, Mami ^a   Hibi, Shigeyoshi ^a,b   Sugimoto, Tohru ^a   Ishii, Eiichi ^b,c   Imashuku, Shinsaku ^a,d  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Infant Leukaemia Study Group   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

HoxA9; Infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Meis1; MLL; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA9; PROTEIN MEIS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036402593     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03803.x     Document Type: Article

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