Cohesin gene mutations in tumorigenesis: From discovery to clinical significance

BMB Reports

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 299-310

  Solomon, David A ^a   Kim, Jung Sik ^b   Waldman, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Aneuploidy; Bladder cancer; Chromosomal instability; Cohesin; Ewing sarcoma; Glioblastoma; Mitosis; Sister chromatid cohesion; STAG2; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COHESIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CARCINOGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOBLASTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903590872     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2014.47.6.092     Document Type: Short Survey

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