HLF (gene)

Hepatic leukemia factor
Identifiers
Symbols HLF; MGC33822
External IDs OMIM: 142385 MGI: 96108 HomoloGene: 31074 GeneCards: HLF Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3131 217082
Ensembl ENSG00000108924 ENSMUSG00000003949
UniProt Q16534 Q5SR29
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002126 NM_172563.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_002117 NP_766151.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
53.34 – 53.4 Mb		 Chr 11:
90.2 – 90.25 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Hepatic leukemia factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HLF gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the proline and acidic-rich (PAR) protein family, a subset of the bZIP transcription factors. The encoded protein forms homodimers or heterodimers with other PAR family members and binds sequence-specific promoter elements to activate transcription. Chromosomal translocations fusing portions of this gene with the E2A gene cause a subset of childhood B-lineage acute lymphoid leukemias. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, but their biological validity has not been determined.[2]

References

  1. ^ Inaba T, Roberts WM, Shapiro LH, Jolly KW, Raimondi SC, Smith SD, Look AT (Aug 1992). "Fusion of the leucine zipper gene HLF to the E2A gene in human acute B-lineage leukemia". Science 257 (5069): 531–4. doi:10.1126/science.1386162. PMID 1386162. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: HLF hepatic leukemia factor". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3131. 

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