Insertion of MLL sequences into chromosome band 5q31 results in an MLL-AF5q31 fusion and is a rare but recurrent abnormality associated with infant leukemia

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-331

  Deveney, Ramona ^a   Chervinsky, David S ^b   Jani Sait, Sheila N ^b   Grossi, Mauro ^a,c   Aplan, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; GENOMIC DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037532541     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10224     Document Type: Article

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