Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Specific marker chromosome 14 in malignant lymphomas

Abstract

A CONSISTENT structural abnormality of chromosome 14—an extra band at the terminal of the long arm—has been found in 10 out of 12 African Burkitt lymphomas1. We report here a similar long acrocentric marker chromosome derived from chromosome 14 in other types of malignant lymphoma.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Manolov, G., and Manolova, Y., Nature, 237, 33–34 (1972).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Sumner, A. T., Evans, H. J., and Buckland, R. A., Nature new Biol., 232, 31–32 (1971).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Hecht, F., McCaw, B. K., and Koler, R. D., New Engl. J. Med., 289, 286–291 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. McCaw, B. K., Hecht, F., Harnden, D. G., and Teplitz, R. L., Proc. natn. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 72, 2071–2075 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

FUKUHARA, S., SHIRAKAWA, S. & UCHINO, H. Specific marker chromosome 14 in malignant lymphomas. Nature 259, 210–211 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259210a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/259210a0

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing