HOX and non-HOX homeobox genes in leukemic hematopoiesis

Stem Cells

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 364-379

  Owens, Bronwyn M ^a,b   Hawley, Robert G ^a,b,c  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoiesis; Homeobox genes; Leukemia; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLOOD DISEASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HOMEOBOX; KNOCKOUT GENE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOGENE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036383331     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.20-5-364     Document Type: Short Survey

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