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Enforced expression of HOX11 is associated with an immature phenotype in J2E erythroid cells.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2002
Greene Wayne K, Ford Jette, Dixon Darcelle, Tilbrook Peta A, Watt Paul M, Klinken S Peter, Kees Ursula R
Abstract excerpt
The HOX11 gene encodes a homeodomain transcription factor that is essential for spleen development during embryogenesis. HOX11 is also leukaemogenic, both through its clinical association with childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, and its ability to immortalize other haematopoietic cell lineages experimentally. To examine the pathological role of HOX11 in tumorigenesis, we constitutively expressed HOX11...
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