AML1/Runx1 as a versatile regulator of hematopoiesis: Regulation of its function and a role in adult hematopoiesis

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-142

  Kurokawa, Mineo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AML1 Runx1; Hematopoiesis; Leukemia; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LEUKEMIA; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; THYMOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ADULT; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MICE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THROMBOPOIESIS;

EID: 33748439252     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06070     Document Type: Review

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