The head to tail arrangement of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene results in an activated tyrosine kinase activity [6]. It appears that the N-terminal domain of ''BCR'' can cause oligomerization of the BCR-ABL1 protein product, thus activating the ''ABL1'' tyrosine kinase domain of the fusion protein [6,10,11]. | The head to tail arrangement of the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene results in an activated tyrosine kinase activity [6]. It appears that the N-terminal domain of ''BCR'' can cause oligomerization of the BCR-ABL1 protein product, thus activating the ''ABL1'' tyrosine kinase domain of the fusion protein [6,10,11]. |