Molecular characterization of the MLL-SEPT6 fusion gene in acute myeloid leukemia: Identification of novel fusion transcripts and cloning of Genomic breakpoint junctions

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1076-1080

  Cerveira, Nuno ^a   Micci, Francesca ^b   Santos, Joana ^a   Pinheiro, Manuela ^a   Correia, Cecília ^a   Lisboa, Susana ^a   Bizarro, Susana ^a   Norton, Lucflia ^a   Glomstein, Anders ^b   Åsberg, Ann E ^c   Heim, Sverre ^b,d   Teixeira, Manuel R ^a,e  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Fusion oncogene; Fusion transcript; Genomic breakpoint; MLL SEPT6

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GENOMIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; EXON; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MLL SEPT6 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION;

EID: 46849083097     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.12594     Document Type: Article

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