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Retinoic acid and its rearranged receptor in the etiology and treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) - 1 Aug 1992
Frankel S R, Miller W H, Dmitrovsky E
Abstract excerpt
All-trans retinoic acid can induce complete remissions in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia. The balanced chromosomal translocation t(15;17)(q22;q12-21) of this malignancy is now known to involve the nuclear retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RAR-alpha) on the long arm of chromosome 17 and a novel gene on the long arm of chromosome 15, designated PML (previously called myl). A unique fusion mRNA,...
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