title: The SCL/TAL1 gene: roles in normal and malignant haematopoiesis.
abstract: SCL (TAL1/TCL5) is a member of the helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors. Originally identified because of its involvement in a tumour-specific chromosomal translocation, overexpression of the SCL gene is the most common molecular abnormality found in human T cell leukaemia. Transgenic models have now formally demonstrated that overexpression of SCL within the T cell lineage is capable of causing malignant transformation. Gene targeting experiments have revealed that the SCL gene is crucial for the development of primitive haematopoiesis in the mouse and is also required for the generation of all adult haematopoietic lineages. Biochemical studies have indicated some of the proteins which interact with SCL and this has refined the hypotheses concerning the mechanisms by which SCL plays a role in leukaemogenesis and haematopoietic development.
authors.affiliation: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Begley
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D005810:Multigene Family; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology; D009857:Oncogenes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008667:Metalloproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000073942:T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C085117:LMO2 protein, human; C513188:Lmo2 protein, mouse; C489366:Tal1 protein, mouse; C067143:TAL1 protein, human