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chromosomal aberrations

Monday 29 September 2003

Types

- chromosomal translocations
- chromosomal deletions

Classification

- recurrent chromosomal rearrangements
- nonrecurrent chromosomal rearrangements

Features

- chromosoaml aberrations in cancer

References

- Albertson DG, Collins C, McCormick F, Gray JW. Chromosome aberrations in solid tumors. Nat Genet. 2003 Aug;34(4):369-76. PMID: 12923544

- Mitelman F, Johansson B, Mertens F. Fusion genes and rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations in cancer. Nat Genet. 2004 Apr;36(4):331-4. PMID: 15054488

- Stankiewicz P, Lupski JR. Genome architecture, rearrangements and genomic disorders. Trends Genet. 2002 Feb;18(2):74-82. PMID: 11818139