A retrovirus carrying the promyelocyte-retinoic acid receptor PML-RARα fusion gene transforms haematopoietic progenitors in vitro and induces acute leukaemias

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2707-2716

  Altabef, Muriel ^a,c   Garcia, Madeleine ^a   Lavau, Catherine ^b   Bae, Suk Chul ^a   Dejean, Anne ^b   Samarut, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haematopoietic differentiation; Leukaemic transformation; Nuclear hormone receptor; PML RAR

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029888693     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00631.x     Document Type: Article

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