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Review
. 2000 Mar 21;245(2):223-35.
doi: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00014-7.

Role of the transcription factor AML-1 in acute leukemia and hematopoietic differentiation

B Lutterbach  1 , S W Hiebert
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Review

Role of the transcription factor AML-1 in acute leukemia and hematopoietic differentiation

B Lutterbach et al. Gene. .

Abstract

Chromosomal translocations affecting the AML-1 gene are among the most frequent aberrations found in acute leukemia. Because the AML-1 transcription factor is a critical regulator of hematopoeitic cell development, normal homeostasis is disrupted in cells containing these translocations. In this review we describe the mechanisms of transcriptional activation and repression by AML-1 and how this transcriptional control is disrupted by the chromosomal translocations that affect AML-1. Finally, we discuss how the mechanism of transcriptional repression by these chromosomal translocation fusion proteins is a possible target of therapeutic intervention in acute leukemia.

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