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c-myc hypermutation is ongoing in endemic, but not all Burkitt's lymphoma.
Blood - 1 Nov 1991
Johnston J M, Yu M T, Carroll W L
Abstract excerpt
Deregulation of c-myc oncogene secondary to chromosomal translocation appears to play an essential role in the genesis of both endemic (African) Burkitt's lymphoma (eBL) and sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma (sBL). In most eBL, mutations in or near exon 1 disrupt normal c-myc regulatory sites. We examined c-myc sequences from a patient with sBL and two patients with eBL to determine (1) whether mutation is ongoing as...
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