No evidence of significant silencing of Fanconi genes FANCF and FANCB or Nijmegen breakage syndrome gene NBS1 by DNA hyper-methylation in sporadic childhood leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-63

  Meyer, Stefan ^a,b,d   White, Daniel J ^a,b   Will, A M ^a   Eden, Tim ^a   Sim, Alyson ^c   Brown, Robert ^c   Strathdee, Gordon ^c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Fanconi; Methylation; Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER RISK; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FANCB GENE; FANCF GENE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NBS1 GENE; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP F PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP PROTEINS; GENES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 33744791826     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06107.x     Document Type: Article

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