On double-minutes and their origin in a benign human neoplasm, a mixed salivary gland tumour.
The cytogenetical observations in the first double-minute (DM)-positive benign neoplasm, a human pleomorphic adenoma, are described. It is suggested that in the present adenoma the first DM was formed from a structurally and/or functionally specialized segment of the long arm of a chromosome No 12. If so, the results also indicate a close relation between chromosome regions preferentially involved in structural rearrangements in a certain tumour type and chromosome regions with the potential capacity to become released and behave and function as DMs.
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*