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. 1987 Feb;7(2):921–924. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.2.921

Characterization of the rearranged tpr-met oncogene breakpoint.

M Dean, M Park, G F Vande Woude
PMCID: PMC365151  PMID: 3821733

Abstract

We determined the nucleotide sequence of the rearranged trp-met genomic locus and the corresponding portions of the unrearranged tpr and met genomic fragments. The breakpoints occur at one end of a stretch of 21 A residues that follow an Alu repetitive sequence in the tpr locus and within a group of 3 A residues in the met proto-oncogene locus. We conclude that the fusion between the tpr locus on chromosome 1 and the met locus on chromosome 7 resulted from a recombination event.

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