The oncogenic capacity of HRX-ENL requires the transcriptional transactivation activity of ENL and the DNA binding motifs of HRX

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-129

  Slany, Robert K ^a   Lavau, Catherine ^b   Cleary, Michael L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; ONCOPROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN ENL; ONCOPROTEIN HRX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031972784     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.1.122     Document Type: Article

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