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Acute myeloid leukemia with the t(8;21) translocation: clinical consequences and biological implications.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2011
Reikvam Håkon, Hatfield Kimberley Joanne, Kittang Astrid Olsnes, Hovland Randi, Bruserud Øystein
Abstract excerpt
The t(8;21) abnormality occurs in a minority of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. The translocation results in an in-frame fusion of two genes, resulting in a fusion protein of one N-terminal domain from the AML1 gene and four C-terminal domains from the ETO gene. This protein has multiple effects on the regulation of the proliferation, the differentiation, and the viability of leukemic cells. The...
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