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Complexity of CEBPA dysregulation in human acute myeloid leukemia.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2009
Pabst Thomas, Mueller Beatrice U
Abstract excerpt
The transcription factor CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha (CEBPA) is crucial for normal development of granulocytes. Various mechanisms have been identified how CEBPA function is dysregulated in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In particular, dominant-negative mutations located either at the N- or the C terminus of the CEBPA gene are observed in roughly 10% of AML patients, either in the...
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