The trithorax protein partner menin acts in tandem with EZH2 to suppress C/EBPα and differentiation in MLL-AF9 leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 918-927

  Thiel, Austin T ^a   Feng, Zijie ^a   Pant, Dhruv K ^a   Chodosh, Lewis A ^a   Hua, Xianxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METHIONINE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MICE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84878468557     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.074195     Document Type: Article

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