Leukemia Research
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 221-228 , March 2002

Runx1/AML1 in leukemia: disrupted association with diverse protein partners

  • Chava Perry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
    • Department of Hematology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
  • ,
  • Amiram Eldor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
  • ,
  • Hermona Soreq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-2-658-5109; fax: +972-2-652-0258

Received 11 July 2001 ,Accepted 11 July 2001.

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Leukemia Research
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