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The second ETV6 allele is not necessarily deleted in acute leukemias with a ETV6/ABL fusion.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Mar 1998
Hannemann J R, Healy L E, Ridge S A, Wiedemann L M
Abstract excerpt
The ETV6 (TEL) locus at chromosome band 12p 13 is a major site of translocations in acute leukemia, particularly in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In cases with translocations involving ETV6, the normal ETV6 allele is often deleted. In addition, loss of heterozygosity of ETV6 is frequently observed in childhood'ALL. Thus, it has been suggested that ETV6 may have an anti-oncogenic role to play, in...
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