DLX genes as targets of ALL-1: DLX 2,3,4 down-regulation in t(4;11) acute lymphoblastic leukemias

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 302-305

  Ferrari, Nicoletta ^a   Palmisano, Giulio L ^a   Paleari, Laura ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^b   Mangioni, Manuela ^c   Fidanza, Vincenzo ^d   Albini, Adriana ^a   Croce, Carlo M ^d   Levi, Giovanni ^e   Brigati, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Evol des Regulations Endocriennes   (France)

Author keywords

ES cells; HOM C; RT PCR; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN DLX 2; ANTIGEN DLX-2; DISTAL LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DISTAL-LESS HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; DLX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DLX4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DLX6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DLX6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 23Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 4; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0041850017     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1102581     Document Type: Article

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