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The characteristic reciprocal translocations in Burkitt’s lymphomas (BL) always involve the c-myc proto-oncogene on chromosome 8 and one of the immunoglobulin (Ig) loci on chromosomes 2, 14, or 22. The breakpoints relative to both c-myc and the immunoglobulin genes vary considerably and may be located either within the c-myc transcription unit or up to several hundred kilobases 5′ or 3′ of c-myc. The translocated c-myc allele in BL cells displays several characteristic features: (i) c-myc is predominantly expressed from the translocation chromosome, whereas the normal allele is transcriptionally silent or expressed at low level only, (ii) structural alterations occur consistently in and around c-myc exon 1, (iii) the block to RNA elongation is functionally missing, and (iv) the P1 promoter is the preferential site of transcriptional initiation, in contrast to the normal c-myc gene where 80–90% of total c-myc RNA is derived from the P2 promoter (promoter shift) (Taub et al., 1984a,b; Yang et al., 1985; Bornkamm et al., 1988; Nishikura and Murray, 1988; Spencer and Groudine, 1991)
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Hörtnagel, K., Polack, A., Mautner, J., Feederle, R., Bornkamm, G.W. (1995). Regulatory Elements in the Immunoglobulin Kappa Locus Induce c-myc Activation in Burkitt’s Lymphoma Cells. In: Potter, M., Melchers, F. (eds) Mechanisms in B-Cell Neoplasia 1994. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79275-5_48
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