Abstract:Mutations in the tyrosine kinase receptor FLT3 are the most common molecular abnormality in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) being detected in about 30% of AML cases. According to the protein domain altered FLT3 mutations may be classified as juxtamembrane or activation loop. The former are caused by internal tandem duplications (ITD) in exons 14 and 15 and is detected in 20–27% of AML patients. Mutations in the activation loop are mainly due to point mutations in exon 20 and is present in 5–7% of AML patients. Mo… Show more
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