title: TEL gene rearrangements in myeloid malignancy.
abstract: The TEL gene is a recently described, "promiscuous" gene with a role in both myeloid and lymphoid malignancy. It is unusual since there may be more than one mechanism by which its rearrangement through chromosomal translocation is leukemogenic. This article discusses the four potential mechanisms of TEL-mediated transformation. It is conceivable that the TEL gene is the common target for various translocations precisely because of this pleiotropy of pathogenic mechanisms by which TEL gene rearrangements can lead to cell transformation.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Golub
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein