# KIAA1549/BRAF Fusion Gene

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. KIAA1549/BRAF Fusion Gene. NCI Thesaurus. Code C99843.

A fusion gene that results from a tandem duplication of approximately 2 Mb at 7q34 which fuses exon 15 or 16 of the KIAA1549 gene to exon 9 or 11 of the BRAF gene. This fusion is associated with pilocytic astrocytoma.