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breakpoint cluster region

A reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 22 and 9 produces the Philadelphia chromosome, which is often found in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. The chromosome 22 breakpoint for this translocation is located within the BCR gene. The translocation produces a fusion protein which is encoded by sequence from both BCR and ABL, the gene at the chromosome 9 breakpoint. Although the BCR-ABL fusion protein has been extensively studied, the function of the normal BCR gene product is not clear. The protein has serine/threonine kinase activity and is a GTPase-activating protein for p21rac. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found...

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  • Cancer census - gene mutations in cancer and other diseases

    score: 100100 | Homo sapiens Homo sapiens | Mutations/Phenotypic   Mutations/Phenotypic

    The Cancer Gene Census is an ongoing effort to catalogue those genes for which mutations have been causally implicated in cancer. The original census and analysis was published in Nature Reviews Cancer

    Authors: P Andrew Futreal, Lachlan Coin, Mhairi Marshall et al.

    Organization: Cancer Genome Project, Human Genome Anal…

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Thought leaders and organizations working on research involving BCR.

  • Jorge Cortes
  • Pavel Tolar
  • Facundo D Batista
  • Susan K Pierce
  • David Depoil
  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • Cancer and Leukemia Group B
  • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • London Research Institute

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