FLNA, a new partner gene fused to MLL in a patient with acute myelomonoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 693-695

  De Braekeleer, Etienne ^a,b   Douet Guilbert, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Morel, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Bris, Marie Josée Le ^c   Meyer, Claus ^d   Marschalek, Rolf ^d   Férec, Claude ^b   De Braekeleer, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU MORVAN   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myelomonoblastic leukaemia; Chromosomal insertion; Filamin a; Fusion gene; MLL

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; DNA; FILAMINS; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; FATALITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

EID: 77449096344     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07824.x     Document Type: Letter

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