title: Human homeobox gene HOXC13 is the partner of NUP98 in adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(11;12)(p15;q13).
abstract: The chimeric gene NUP98/HOXC13 was detected in a patient with a de novo acute myeloid leukemia and a t(11;12)(p15;q13). Fluorescence in situ hybridization with PAC1173K1 identified the breakpoint on 11p15, indicating that the NUP98 gene was involved in the translocation. At 12q13, the breakpoint fell within BAC 578A18, selected for the homeobox C (HOXC) cluster genes. RACE-PCR showed that HOXC13 was the partner gene of NUP98. To date, HOXC13 is the eighth homeobox gene that, as the result of a reciprocal translocation, fuses with NUP98 in myeloid malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, via Brunamonti, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: La Starza
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trubia
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crescenzi
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matteucci
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.forename: Massimo F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: Pier Giuseppe
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pelicci
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mecucci
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000235:genetics; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000235:genetics; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C470262:NUP98-HOXC13 fusion protein, human; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion