Published in Cancer Weekly, September 23rd, 2003
According to a study from Italy, "We report the first case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with a t(9;12)(p22;q14) translocation within the HMGA2 locus.
"The breakpoint lies in the 5' region. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a BAC clone covering the 5' region produced 3 signals versus 2 signals with a BAC clone covering the 3' region including intron 3 of HMGA2, which harbors most of the breakpoints described in benign mesenchymal tumors. HMGA2 locus rearrangement was associated with overexpression of an HMGA2 mRNA that lacked a carboxy-terminal tail," wrote...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-09-23)
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