title: A murine plasmacytoma with a variant (15;16)(D2/3;B1) translocation that involves the c-myc and lambda light chain gene-carrying chromosomes.
abstract: A murine plasmacytoma (MPC) with a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 15 and 16 with breakpoints in 15D2/3 and 16B1 is reported. The breakpoint on chromosome 15 is identical to the breakpoint in the MPC-associated typical (12;15) and kappa variant (6;15) translocation. Therefore it probably involves the c-myc gene as well. Unlike the Burkitt lymphoma (BL) system, a lambda/myc variant translocation has not been described in the MPC system. Chromosome 16 is known to carry the lambda gene. Therefore, the 15;16 translocation probably represents the "missing" lambda/myc variant in MPC, suggesting that the lambda gene is localized at 16B1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babonits
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wiener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases