Acute myeloid leukemia with t(7;21)(q11.2;q22) expresses a novel, reversed-sequence RUNX1-DTX2 chimera

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Maki, Kazuhiro ^a   Sasaki, Ko ^a   Sugita, Fusako ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^a   Mitani, Kinuko ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AML; DTX2; Reversed sequence chimeric gene; RUNX1; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INSERTIONAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUNX1 DTX2 FUSION GENE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; UPK3B GENE; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84866979548     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-012-1112-z     Document Type: Article

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