"Genes, bcl-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				The B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 genes, responsible for blocking apoptosis in normal cells, and associated with follicular lymphoma when overexpressed. Overexpression results from the t(14;18) translocation. The human c-bcl-2 gene is located at 18q24 on the long arm of chromosome 18.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D019254 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | G05.360.340.024.340.375.500.791.150 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Genes, bcl-2Genes, bcl-2Genes, bcl 2bcl-2 GenesGene, bcl-2bcl 2 Genesbcl-2 Gene
 c-bcl-2 Genesc-bcl-2 GenesGene, c-bcl-2Genes, c-bcl-2c bcl 2 Genesc-bcl-2 Genec-bcl-2 Proto-OncogenesProto-Oncogene, c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogenes, c-bcl-2c bcl 2 Proto Oncogenesc-bcl-2 Proto-Oncogene
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								Tissue microarray analysis reveals prognostic significance of syndecan-1 expression in prostate cancer. Prostate. 2003 Apr 01; 55(1):20-9.