Article
Malignant hematopoietic cell lines: in vitro models for the study of MLL gene alterations.
Leukemia - 1 Feb 2004
Drexler H G, Quentmeier H, MacLeod R A F
Abstract excerpt
Human tumor cell lines are powerful tools for investigating basic and applied aspects of cell biology. Leukemia-lymphoma cell lines have been instrumental in the cytogenetic and molecular analysis of recurring chromosome rearrangements, notably translocations and inversions, thus illuminating the pathogenesis of hematological malignancy. Chromosomal translocations targeting the MLL gene at 11q23 have come to...
Topics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Gene Amplification
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Humans
- Leukemia
- Mutation
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Tandem Repeat Sequences
- Transcription Factors
- Translocation, Genetic
