Subclonality and prenatal origin of RAS mutations in KMT2A (MLL)-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 268-271

  Emerenciano, Mariana ^a   Barbosa, Thayana da C ^a   de Almeida Lopes, Bruno ^a   Meyer, Claus ^b   Marschalek, Rolf ^b   Pombo de Oliveira, Maria S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

KMT2A (MLL); RAS; Infant ALL; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MUTATION; ONCOGENE RAS;

GENES, RAS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84934435384     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13279     Document Type: Letter

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