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A family harboring a germ-line N-terminal C/EBPalpha mutation and development of acute myeloid leukemia with an additional somatic C-terminal C/EBPalpha mutation.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Mar 2010
Nanri Tomoko, Uike Naokuni, Kawakita Toshiro, Iwanaga Eisaku, Mitsuya Hiroaki, Asou Norio
Abstract excerpt
C/EBPalpha plays an essential role as a transcription factor in myeloid cell differentiation. Here, we describe a Japanese family in which two individuals with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and one healthy individual had an identical 4-base pair insertion in the N-terminal region of CEBPA (350_351...
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