title: A case of acute monocytic leukemia with t(11;17) involving a rearrangement of MLL-1 and a region proximal to the RARA gene.
abstract: A case of acute monocytic leukemia with t(11;17)(123;q11-21) arising in a 4-month-old boy is described. The breakpoint on chromosome 11 could be mapped to an 8-kb BamHI fragment within the MLL-1 gene, as seen in the majority of infant leukemias. In situ hybridization with cosmid probes allowed us to map the breakpoint on 17q proximal to the RARA gene, while Southern and Northern analyses showed that the gene was not disrupted by the translocation.
authors.affiliation: Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Childhood Leukaemia, Institute of Child Health, London, U.K.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kempski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borrow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cotter
mesh_terms: D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase