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Mutation analysis of mitotic checkpoint genes (hBUB1 and hBUBR1) and microsatellite instability in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
Cancer letters - 1 Oct 2000
Ohshima K, Haraoka S, Yoshioka S, Hamasaki M, Fujiki T, Suzumiya J, Kawasaki C, Kanda M, Kikuchi M
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a neoplasm of T-lymphocytes, and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I) is etiologically considered as the causative virus of ATLL. The karyotypes of ATLL are very complex in both number and structure, although no specific karyotype abnormalities have been identified. HTLV-I is thought to integrate its provirus into random sites in host chromosomal DNA and induces...
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