Lack of 5' BCL2 rearrangements in B-cell leukemia.
We found no rearrangements in the 5' region of the BCL2 gene in DNA samples from 60 patients with chronic B-cell leukemia (CLL). This compares with the presence of these rearrangements in up to 10% of patients in other reports, and suggests that the incidence of 5' BCL2 rearrangements in CLL is considerably less than 10%.
Cytogenetic and Molecular Oncology Unit, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
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D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases