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Polycomb repressive complex 2 is required for MLL-AF9 leukemia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2012
Neff Tobias, Sinha Amit U, Kluk Michael J, Zhu Nan, Khattab Mohamed H, Stein Lauren, Xie Huafeng, Orkin Stuart H, Armstrong Scott A
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A growing body of data suggests the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in cancer. Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) has been implicated in self-renewal and cancer progression, and its components are overexpressed in many cancers. However, its role in cancer development and progression remains unclear. We used conditional alleles for the PRC2 components enhancer of zeste 2 (Ezh2) and embryonic ectoderm...
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