Breakpoints at 1p36.3 in three MDS/AML(M4) patients with t(1;3)(p36;q21) occur in the first intron and in the 5′ region of MEL1

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Xinh, Phan Thi ^a,b   Tri, Nguyen Khanh ^a,b   Nagao, Hiromasa ^a   Nakazato, Hiroshi ^a   Taketazu, Fumitoshi ^c   Fujisawa, Shin ^d   Yagasaki, Fumiharu ^e   Chen, Ying Zhang ^f,g   Hayashi, Yasuhide ^g   Toyoda, Atsushi ^h   Hattori, Masahira ^h   Sakaki, Yoshiyuki ^h   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b   Sato, Yuko ^a,i  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

ⁱ Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEL1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0037360950     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10176     Document Type: Article

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