LAF-4 encodes a lymphoid nuclear protein with transactivation potential that is homologous to AF-4, the gene fused to MLL in t(4;11) leukemias

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 734-745

  Ma, Chi ^a   Staudt, Louis M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030050159     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.2.734.bloodjournal872734     Document Type: Article

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