Specific point mutations that activate v-abl are not found in Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloid leukaemia, Philadelphia-negative acute lymphoblastic leukaemia or blast transformation of chronic myeloid leukaemia.

Abstract excerpt

The involvement of the BCRlABL fusion gene in patients with Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is well characterised, but the molecular events underlying the cases of Ph-negative CML and ALL that lack BCR gene involvement and those that cause transformation of Ph-positive CML are unknown. The murine ABL gene can be activated by genetic...

Topics

• Adult
• Base Sequence
• Blast Crisis
• Genes, abl
• Humans
• Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
• Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Polymerase Chain Reaction