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Forced retinoic acid receptor alpha homodimers prime mice for APL-like leukemia.
Cancer cell - 1 Feb 2006
Sternsdorf Thomas, Phan Vernon T, Maunakea Mei Lin, Ocampo Corinne B, Sohal Jastinder, Silletto Angela, Galimi Francesco, Le Beau Michelle M, Evans Ronald M, Kogan Scott C
Abstract excerpt
RARA becomes an acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) oncogene by fusion with any of five translocation partners. Unlike RARalpha, the fusion proteins homodimerize, which may be central to oncogenic activation. This model was tested by replacing PML with dimerization domains from p50NFkappaB (p50-RARalpha) or the rapamycin-sensitive dimerizing peptide of FKBP12 (F3-RARalpha). The X-RARalpha fusions recapitulated in...
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