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Altered Hox expression and segmental identity in Mll-mutant mice.
Nature - 30 Nov 1995
Yu B D, Hess J L, Horning S E, Brown G A, Korsmeyer S J
Abstract excerpt
The mixed-lineage leukaemia gene (MLL/HRX/ALL-1) is disrupted by chromosomal translocation in human acute leukaemias that often display mixed lymphoid-myeloid phenotypes and present in infancy. MLL possesses a highly conserved SET domain also found in Drosophila trithorax (trx) and Polycomb group (Pc-G) genes, which are known to regulate homeotic genes (HOM-C) in a positive or negative fashion, respectively. Mll...
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