AF4 encodes a ubiquitous protein that in both native and MLL-AF4 fusion types localizes to subnuclear compartments

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3841-3847

  Li, Quanzhi ^b   Frestedt, Joy L ^b   Kersey, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032533243     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.10.3841     Document Type: Article

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