EWSR1-PBX3: A novel gene fusion in myoepithelial tumors

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 63-71

  Agaram, Narasimhan P ^a   Chen, Hsiao Wei ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Sung, Yun Shao ^a   Panicek, David ^a   Healey, John H ^a   Nielsen, G Petur ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^c   Antonescu, Cristina R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; EWSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN PBX3; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOEPITHELIOMA; ONCOGENE FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84916623564     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22216     Document Type: Article

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