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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Carolyn de Graaf
PROVIDER: E-TABM-371 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

Loughran Stephen J SJ Kruse Elizabeth A EA Hacking Douglas F DF de Graaf Carolyn A CA Hyland Craig D CD Willson Tracy A TA Henley Katya J KJ Ellis Sarah S Voss Anne K AK Metcalf Donald D Hilton Douglas J DJ Alexander Warren S WS Kile Benjamin T BT
Nature immunology 20080525 7
Ets-related gene (ERG), which encodes a member of the Ets family of transcription factors, is a potent oncogene. Chromosomal rearrangements involving ERG are found in acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Ewing's sarcoma and more than half of all prostate cancers; however, the normal physiological function of Erg is unknown. We did a sensitized genetic screen of the mouse for regulators of hematopoietic stem cell function and report here a germline mutation of Erg. We show that E ...[more]