| Literature DB >> 1720549 |
S Ziemin-van der Poel1, N R McCabe, H J Gill, R Espinosa, Y Patel, A Harden, P Rubinelli, S D Smith, M M LeBeau, J D Rowley.
Abstract
Recurring chromosomal translocations involving chromosome 11, band q23, have been observed in acute lymphoid leukemias and especially in acute myeloid leukemias. We recently showed that breakpoints in four 11q23 translocations, t(4;11)(q21;q23), t(6;11)(q27;q23), t(9;11)(p22;q23), and t(11;19)(q23;p13.3), were contained within a yeast artificial chromosome clone bearing the CD3D and CD3G gene loci. We have identified within the CD3 yeast artificial chromosome a transcription unit that spans the breakpoint junctions of the 4;11, 9;11, and 11;19 translocations, and we describe two other, related transcripts that are upregulated in the RS4;11 cell line. We have named this gene MLL (myeloid/lymphoid, or mixed-lineage, leukemia.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1720549 PMCID: PMC53005 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.23.10735
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205