Identification of false-positive CBFβ/MYH11 RT-PCR results

被引:12
作者
Hackwell, SM [1 ]
Robinson, DO [1 ]
Harvey, JF [1 ]
Ross, FM [1 ]
机构
[1] Salisbury Dist Hosp, Wessex Reg Genet Lab, Salisbury SP2 8BJ, Wilts, England
关键词
acute myeloid leukaemia; CBF beta/MYH11 transcripts; RT-PCR;
D O I
10.1038/sj.leu.2401545
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Persistent problems with false positive results were encountered when carrying out a published RT-PCR method to detect the CBF beta/MYH11 transcripts associated with the inv(16)(p13q22) cytogenetic abnormality in acute myeloid leukaemia. These were shown to be due to amplification of part of the intronic MYH11 sequence, presumably from very small amounts of contaminating DNA or unspliced primary RNA transcripts, amplified because of partial homology of the CBF beta 3 primer to intronic MYH11 sequence.
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页数:3
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