EWSR1-POU5F1 fusion in soft tissue myoepithelial tumors. A molecular analysis of sixty-six cases, including soft tissue, bone, and visceral lesions, showing common involvement of the EWSR1 gene

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1114-1124

  Antonescu, Cristina R ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Chang, Ning En ^a   Pawel, Bruce R ^b   Travis, William ^a   Katabi, Nora ^a   Edelman, Morris ^c   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^d   Nielsen, G Petur ^d   Dal Cin, Paola ^e   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ONCOPROTEIN; PBX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POU5F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHILD; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYOEPITHELIOMA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ONCOGENE FUSION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 79952200104     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20819     Document Type: Article

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