Structural rearrangements involving chromosome band 2p21 characterize a cytogenetic subgroup of benign thyroid tumors. To narrow down the breakpoints of these aberrations, we established two cell lines from benign thyroid tumors showing translocations involving 2p21. These two cell lines and one additional primary tumor were used for FISH-studies with 18 BAC clones. All breakpoints were mapped to a cluster of about 450 kb.
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