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Overexpression of the catalytically impaired Taspase1 T234V or Taspase1 D233A variants does not have a dominant negative effect in T(4;11) leukemia cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Bier Carolin, Hecht Rouven, Kunst Lena, Scheiding Sabine, Wünsch Désirée, Goesswein Dorothée, Schneider Günter, Krämer Oliver H, Knauer Shirley K, Stauber Roland H
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BACKGROUND: The chromosomal translocation t(4;11)(q21;q23) is associated with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia of infants. The resulting AF4•MLL oncoprotein becomes activated by Taspase1 hydrolysis and is considered to promote oncogenic transcriptional activation. Hence, Taspase1's proteoly...
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