Amplification of the G allele at SNP rs6983267 in 8q24 amplicons in myeloid malignancies as cause of the lack of MYC overexpression?

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-261

  Micale, Lucia ^a   Augello, Bartolomeo ^a   Daniele, Giulia ^b   Macchia, Gemma ^b   L'Abbate, Alberto ^b   Muehlematter, Dominique ^c   Vandenberghe, Peter ^d   Johansson, Bertil ^e   Cabrol, Christine ^f   Sol, Francesc ^g   Dastugue, Nicole ^h   Slovak, Marilyn L ⁱ   Lillington, Debra ^j   Raynaud, Sophie ^k   Lafage, Marina ^l   Nacheva, Elizabeth D ^m   Merla, Giuseppe ^a   Storlazzi, Clelia T ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h CHU PURPAN   (France)

ⁱ QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k Hpital Pasteur   (France)

^l TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^m ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLELE; AMPLICON; BONE MARROW CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 82955236130     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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