Elevated c-myc expression in childhood medulloblastomas.

doi:10.1203/00006450-199007000-00014

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Elevated c-myc expression in childhood medulloblastomas.

Pediatric research - 1 Jul 1990

MacGregor D N, Ziff E B

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Medulloblastoma is a rare brain tumor usually occurring in late childhood or early adolescence. Little is known regarding the cell of origin or cellular events leading to its malignant transformation. We have studied the expression of developmentally regulated mRNA in tumor samples by the Norther...

Topics

Base Sequence
Cerebellar Neoplasms
Child
DNA Probes
Gene Expression
Humans
Medulloblastoma
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
Proto-Oncogenes
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Neoplasm
Transcription, Genetic

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