Identification of fusion genes in breast cancer by paired-end RNA-sequencing

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Edgren, Henrik ^a   Murumagi, Astrid ^a   Kangaspeska, Sara ^a   Nicorici, Daniel ^a   Hongisto, Vesa ^b   Kleivi, Kristine ^b,c   Rye, Inga H ^c   Nyberg, Sandra ^b   Wolf, Maija ^a   Borresen Dale, Anne Lise ^a,d   Kallioniemi, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE; PAIRED END RNA SEQUENCING; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TATDN1 GSDMB GENE; VAPB IKZF3 GENE; BREAST TUMOR; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; INTRON; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKZF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VAPB PROTEIN, HUMAN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTRONS; ONCOGENE FUSION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 78651486046     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-1-r6     Document Type: Article

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