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Role of Cbfb in hematopoiesis and perturbations resulting from expression of the leukemogenic fusion gene Cbfb-MYH11.
Blood - 1 Oct 2002
Kundu Mondira, Chen Amy, Anderson Stacie, Kirby Martha, Xu LiPing, Castilla Lucio H, Bodine David, Liu Pu Paul
Abstract excerpt
Core-binding factor beta (CBFbeta) and CBFalpha2 form a heterodimeric transcription factor that plays an important role in hematopoiesis. The genes encoding either CBFbeta or CBFalpha2 are involved in chromosomal rearrangements in more than 30% of cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), suggesting...
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