THE ROLE OF CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATIONS IN T-CELL ACUTE-LEUKEMIA

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HWANG, LY
BAER, RJ
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[1] Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 752359-9140
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10.1016/0952-7915(95)80074-3
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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A variety of unique chromosome translocations are found in the malignant cells of patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Molecular analysis of these translocations has implicated nine different proto-oncogenes in the pathogenesis of T-ALL. Despite the apparent genetic complexity of this disease, recent studies have uncovered a common pathway of T-ALL development that involves two distinct families of transcription factors.
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