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A t(4;22) in a meningioma points to the localization of a putative tumor-suppressor gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 1991
Lekanne Deprez R H, Groen N A, van Biezen N A, Hagemeijer A, van Drunen E, Koper J W, Avezaat C J, Bootsma D, Zwarthoff E C
Abstract excerpt
Cytogenetic analysis of meningioma cells from one particular patient (MN32) displayed the stem-line karyo-type 45, XY, -1, 4p+, 22q-, 22q+, which thus had rearrangements of both chromosomes 22. The 22q+ marker appeared as a dicentric: 22 pter----q11::1p11----qter. The reciprocal product of this translocation has presumably been lost because it lacked a centromere. The 22q- chromosome also appeared to have lost...
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