Two distinct amplification events of the c-myc locus in a colorectal tumour

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  La Farina, Mario ^a   Bellavia, Maurizio ^a   Tagliavia, Marcello ^a   Eterno, Vincenzo ^a   Colomba, Paolo ^a   Scibetta, Angelo ^a,b   Albanese, Ida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONCOGENE MYC;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 49649115539     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21469     Document Type: Article

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