High frequency of fusion transcripts of exon 11 and exon 4/5 in AF-4 gene is observed in cord blood, as well as leukemic cells from infant leukemia patients with t(4;11)(q21;q23)

Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1398-1403

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Zaitsu, M ^a   Ishii, E ^b   Yatsuki, H ^a   Mizutani, S ^c   Eguchi, M ^d   Ihara, K ^e   Okamura, T ^f   Hara, T ^e   Miyazaki, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

AF 4; Cord blood; Fusion transcripts; Infant leukemia; MLL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 17344366481     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401135     Document Type: Article

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