Elf-2, a rhombotin-2 binding ets transcription factor: Discovery and potential role in T cell leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-96

  Wilkinson, D A ^a   Neale, Gam ^a   Mao, S ^a,b   Naeve, C W ^a   Goorha, R M ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ets transcription factor; Rhombotin 2; T cell ALL

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DNA LIBRARY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTO ONCOGENE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0031042317     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400516     Document Type: Article

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