Activation of the GLI Oncogene through Fusion with the β-Actin Gene (ACTB) in a Group of Distinctive Pericytic Neoplasms: Pericytoma with t(7;12)

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1645-1653

  Dahlén, Anna ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^d   Mertens, Fredrik ^a   Fletcher, Jonathan A ^d   Perez Atayde, Antonio R ^e   Hicks, M John ^f   Debiec Rychter, Maria ^c   Sciot, Raf ^c   Wejde, Johan ^b   Wedin, Rikard ^b   Mandahl, Nils ^a   Panagopoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LAMININ; RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACTB GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GLI ONCOGENE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTCH GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOH GENE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144354511     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63723-6     Document Type: Article

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