Mixed lineage leukemia: Roles in gene expression, hormone signaling and mRNA processing

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1790-1804

  Ansari, Khairul I ^a   Mandal, Subhrangsu S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Estrogen receptor; Gene expression; Histone methyltransferase; Hormone signaling; Mixed lineage leukemia; MRNA processing; NR box; Nuclear receptor; SET domain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING SIGNAL COINTEGRATOR 2 COMPLEX; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOX PROTEIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 1; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 2; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 3; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 4; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN 5; PROTEIN SET1A; PROTEIN SET1B; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXC13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77950475617     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07606.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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