Fusion genes and rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations in cancer

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-334

  Mitelman, Felix ^a   Johansson, Bertil ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FUSION GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842535882     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1335     Document Type: Review

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