Molecular characterization of a rare MLL-AF4 (MLL-AFF1) fusion rearrangement in infant leukemia

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Bizarro, Susana ^a   Cerveira, Nuno ^a   Correia, Cecília ^a   Lisboa, Susana ^a   Peixoto, Ana ^a   Norton, Lucília ^a   Teixeira, Manuel R ^a,b  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^b Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; RNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXON; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INTRON; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALIAS;

EID: 34548688432     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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