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Mutation of the human FMS gene (M-CSF receptor) in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Jul 1990
Tobal K, Pagliuca A, Bhatt B, Bailey N, Layton D M, Mufti G J
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We studied 41 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes or acute myeloid leukemia to assess the presence of point mutations in the human FMS gene (M-CSF receptor). Using the polymerase chain reaction and hybridization of oligonucleotide probes to the amplified sequences, we have detected mutations in eight of 41 patients, at codons 301 and 969. In vitro work has highlighted mutations at these codons as being...
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