Chromosomal translocations among the healthy human population: Implications in oncogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1381-1392

  Nambiar, Mridula ^a   Raghavan, Sathees C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Genomic instability; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Neoplasia; Sarcoma; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR PROMOTION;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84876513533     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1135-x     Document Type: Review

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