First Author | Kennedy MA | Year | 1991 |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Volume | 88 |
Issue | 20 | Pages | 8900-4 |
PubMed ID | 1681546 | Mgi Jnum | J:12674 |
Mgi Id | MGI:60910 | Doi | 10.1073/pnas.88.20.8900 |
Citation | Kennedy MA, et al. (1991) HOX11, a homeobox-containing T-cell oncogene on human chromosome 10q24. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88(20):8900-4 |
abstractText | A common chromosomal abnormality in childhood T-cell acute leukemia is a translocation, t(10;14) (q24;q11), that together with the variant t(7;10)(q35;q24) is present in up to 7% of this tumor type. The gene adjacent to the 10q24 region is transcriptionally activated after translocation to either TCRD (14q11) or TCRB (7q35). It encodes a homeobox gene closely related to the developmentally regulated homeotic genes of flies and mammals. The coding capacity of this activated gene, designated HOX11, is undisturbed in a T-cell line carrying the translocation t(7;10)(q35;q24). Therefore, the HOX11 homeobox gene seems to be involved in T-cell tumorigenesis. |