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LINE-I element insertion at the t(11;22) translocation breakpoint of a desmoplastic small round cell tumor.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Mar 1997
Liu J, Nau M M, Zucman-Rossi J, Powell J I, Allegra C J, Wright J J
Abstract excerpt
A t(11;22)(p13;p12) chromosomal translocation, juxtaposing the Wilms' tumor (WT1) and Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) genes, is the cytogenetic hallmark of desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT), a primitive multiphenotypic sarcoma arising in serosal tissues. Chimeric transcripts generated by this rearrangement encode an aberrant transcription factor that fuses the 5' region of EWS with a 3' WT1 segment. We describe...
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