A hybrid protein resulting from the fusion of two chromosomes (chromosome 22 and chromosome 9) following a translocation can result in this type of cancer
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A hybrid protein resulting from the fusion of two chromosomes (chromosome 22 and chromosome 9) following a translocation can result in this type of cancer.
Answer: 1) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.
This is commonly termed Philadelphia chromosome as it was first discovered in Philadelphia in the 1960s.
In this, two chromosomes, one from 9 and another from 22, In this reciprocal translocation occurs in which two genes fuse one is ABL1 on the 9th chromosome and BCR on 22nd chromosome.
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