Interlaboratory development and validation of a HRM method applied to the detection of JAK2 exon 12 mutations in polycythemia vera patients.

BACKGROUND: Myeloproliferative disorders are characterized by clonal expansion of normal mature blood cells. Acquired mutations giving rise to constitutive activation of the JAK2 tyrosine kinase has been shown to be present in the majority of patients. Since the demonstration that the V617F mutation...

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Main Authors: Valerie Ugo, Sylvie Tondeur, Marie-Laurence Menot, Nadine Bonnin, Gerald Le Gac, Carole Tonetti, Veronique Mansat-De Mas, Lydie Lecucq, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Christine Chomienne, Christine Dosquet, Nathalie Parquet, Luc Darnige, Marc Porneuf, Martine Escoffre-Barbe, Stephane Giraudier, Eric Delabesse, Bruno Cassinat, French Intergroup of Myeloproliferative disorders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2811183?pdf=render