The super elongation complex (SEC) and MLL in development and disease

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 661-672

  Smith, Edwin ^a   Lin, Chengqi ^a   Shilatifard, Ali ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

H3K4 methylation; HOX genes; Leukemia; P TEFb; Transcription elongation

Indexed keywords

ELEVEN NINETEEN LYSINE RICH LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; P TEFB PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPLEX OF PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SET1; COMPLEX OF PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SET1 LIKE PROTEIN; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPER ELONGATION COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

METAZOA;

EID: 79954552505     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.2015411     Document Type: Review

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