Analysis of a breakpoint cluster reveals insight into the mechanism of intrachromosomal amplification in a lymphoid malignancy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2591-2602

  Sinclair, Paul B ^a   Parker, Helen ^b   An, Qian ^b   Rand, Vikki ^a   Ensor, Hannah ^a   Harrison, Christine J ^a   Strefford, Jonathan C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN; DNA Z; GLEPTOFERRON; PDE9A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3',5'-CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, Z-FORM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79958724230     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr159     Document Type: Article

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