The dual role of HLXB9 in leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-352

  Ferguson, Stuart ^a   Gautrey, Hannah E ^a   Strathdee, Gordon ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; HLXB9; Homeobox

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HLXB9 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKEMIA CELL; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 78651083125     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22679     Document Type: Article

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