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Genome-wide analysis of menin binding provides insights into MEN1 tumorigenesis.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Scacheri Peter C, Davis Sean, Odom Duncan T, Crawford Gregory E, Perkins Stacie, Halawi Mohamad J, Agarwal Sunita K, Marx Stephen J, Spiegel Allen M, Meltzer Paul S, Collins Francis S
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN1) is a familial cancer syndrome characterized primarily by tumors of multiple endocrine glands. The gene for MEN1 encodes a ubiquitously expressed tumor suppressor protein called menin. Menin was recently shown to interact with several components of a trithorax family histone methyltransferase complex including ASH2, Rbbp5, WDR5, and the leukemia proto-oncoprotein MLL. To...
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