ALK Gene WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on ALK Gene
The ALK gene is called anaplastic lymphoma kinase. Mutations in the ALK gene are associated with neuroblastoma. The 2;5 chromosomal translocation is associated with anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs). The translocation creates a fusion between the ALK gene on chromosome 2 and the nucleophosmin (NPM) gene on chromosome 5.1
Fast Facts:
- ALK plays an important role in the development of the brain.1
- The ALK gene is located on chromosome 2 at position p23.1
- Fusion between the NPM and ALK genes leads to the function of an abnormal protein called p80 that transfers phosphate groups from ATP to a protein.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ProPath: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK).
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- Contributor: Genetics
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Genetics
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: ALK/EML4 Fusion Gene, ALK/NPM1 Fusion Gene, ALK/EML4 Fusion Gene, ALK/NPM1 Fusion Gene
- Last update: Feb. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
