Identification of a chromosomal breakpoint and detection of a novel form of an MLL-AF17 fusion transcript in acute monocytic leukemia with t(11;17)(q23;q21)

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-41

  Suzukawa, Kazumi ^a   Shimizu, Seiichi ^b   Nemoto, Noriko ^a   Takei, Naoko ^c   Taki, Tomohiko ^d   Nagasawa, Toshiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MITO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute monocytic leukemia; AF17; Chromosomal breakpoint; MLL; t(11; 17)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AF17 GENE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; DIMERIZATION; EXON; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MLL GENE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 27244460187     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.05025     Document Type: Article

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