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Rare MLL-ELL fusion transcripts in childhood acute myeloid leukemia—association with young age and myeloid sarcomas?
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We thank Drs MJ Thirman and T Kitamura for providing the common-type MLL–ELL cDNA and pMXs-puro vector, respectively. This work was supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST).
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Takeuchi, M., Nakaseko, C., Miyagi, S. et al. Clonal expansion of non-leukemic cells expressing two novel MLL–ELL variants differing in transforming activity. Leukemia 22, 861–864 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404954
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