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Novel TET2 mutations associated with UPD4q24 in myelodysplastic syndrome.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Aug 2009
Mohamedali Azim M, Smith Alexander E, Gaken Joop, Lea Nicholas C, Mian Syed A, Westwood Nigel B, Strupp Corinna, Gattermann Norbert, Germing Ulrich, Mufti Ghulam J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Cryptic chromosomal aberrations, such as regions of uniparental disomy (UPD), have been shown to harbor homozygous mutations and are a common feature in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We investigated the sequence integrity of 4q24 candidate tumor suppressor gene TET2 in MDS patients with UPD on chromosome 4. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The coding exons of TET2 were analyzed by 454 deep sequencing and Sanger...
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