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Two critical hits for promyelocytic leukemia.
Molecular cell - 1 Nov 2000
He L Z, Bhaumik M, Tribioli C, Rego E M, Ivins S, Zelent A, Pandolfi P P
Abstract excerpt
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is associated with chromosomal translocations that always involve the RARalpha gene, which variably fuses to one of several distinct loci, including PML or PLZF (X genes). Due to the reciprocity of the translocation, X-RARalpha and RARalpha-X fusion proteins coexist in APL blasts. PLZF-RARalpha transgenic mice (TM) develop leukemia that lacks the differentiation block at the...
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