Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 426-429 , April 2010

Genetic inactivation of Ikaros is a rare event in human T-ALL

  • Ambroise Marçais

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
    • Inserm U964, Illkirch, France
    • CNRS UMR7104, Illkirch, France
    • Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • ,
  • Robin Jeannet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
    • Inserm U964, Illkirch, France
    • CNRS UMR7104, Illkirch, France
    • Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • ,
  • Lucie Hernandez

      Affiliations

    • Genome Rearrangements and Cancer Group, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U728 and Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris 7 University, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
  • ,
  • Jean Soulier

      Affiliations

    • Genome Rearrangements and Cancer Group, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U728 and Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris 7 University, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
  • ,
  • François Sigaux

      Affiliations

    • Genome Rearrangements and Cancer Group, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U728 and Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris 7 University, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
  • ,
  • Susan Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
    • Inserm U964, Illkirch, France
    • CNRS UMR7104, Illkirch, France
    • Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • ,
  • Philippe Kastner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
    • Inserm U964, Illkirch, France
    • CNRS UMR7104, Illkirch, France
    • Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cancer Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 3 88 65 34 72; fax: +33 3 88 65 32 01.

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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PII: S0145-2126(09)00472-X

doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.09.012

Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 426-429 , April 2010