Tumorigenesis in mice with a fusion of the leukaemia oncogene MII and the bacterial lacZ gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 843-851

  Dobson, Claire L ^a   Warren, Alan J ^a   Pannell, Richard ^a   Forster, Alan ^a   Rabbitts, Terence H ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL 1; Cancer; Chromosomal translocations; Leukaemia; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034161495     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.5.843     Document Type: Article

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