The Mll-AF9 gene fusion in mice controls myeloproliferation and specifies acute myeloid leukaemogenesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3564-3574

  Dobson, C L ^a   Warren, A J ^a   Pannell, R ^a   Forster, A ^a   Lavenir, I ^a   Corral, J ^a,b   Smith, A J H ^a,c   Rabbitts, T H ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL 1; Chromosomal translocations; Haematopoiesis; HRX; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; MYELOBLAST; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033168716     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3564     Document Type: Article

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