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Physical mapping of the minimal region of loss in 5q- chromosome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Aug 1995
Fairman J, Chumakov I, Chinault A C, Nowell P C, Nagarajan L
Abstract excerpt
Acquired interstitial loss of all or part of the long arm of human chromosome 5 (5q-) is an anomaly that is seen frequently in patients with preleukemic myelodysplasia and acute myelogenous leukemia. Loss of a critical region of overlap at band 5q31.1 in all of these cases, with various cytogenetic breaks, signifies the existence of a key negative regulator of leukemogenesis. Previous studies have defined the...
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