Cytogenetics, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction are necessary to clarify the various mechanisms leading to an MLL-AF10 fusion in acute myelocytic leukemia with 10;11 rearrangement

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Klaus, Mirjam ^a   Schnittger, Susanne ^a   Haferlach, Torsten ^a   Dreyling, Martin ^a   Hiddemann, Wolfgang ^a,b   Schoch, Claudia ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL AF10 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; MLL-AF10 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; METAPHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038794729     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(02)00876-2     Document Type: Article

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