Genetic alterations in the p53 gene in the blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia: analysis by polymerase chain reaction based techniques.

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Rearrangements of the c-abl protooncogene and the bcr-gene are found in > 90% of patients in chronic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The molecular events leading to blast crisis, however, have not been well characterized. Gross alterations of the p53 gene have been detected in 30% of patients with blast crisis. Since point mutations in the p53 gene appear to be important in the process of...

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