An Mll-dependent Hox program drives hematopoietic progenitor expansion

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2063-2069

  Ernst, Patricia ^a,b   Mabon, Meghann ^a,b   Davidson, Alan J ^a,c   Zon, Leonard I ^a,c   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 9244257908     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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