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Myeloid Progenitor Transformation Assay
Hiroshi Okuda1, Akihiko Yokoyama1
1Tsuruoka Metabolomics Laboratory, National Cancer Center, Yamagata, Japan.
Abstract:
Numerous oncogenes have been identified to cause leukemia. For example, chromosomal translocation generates various fusion genes of the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene and a partner gene in leukemia, whose gene products transform primary myeloid progenitors into an immortalized state. To characterize the transforming ability of leukemic oncogenes, researchers in the field have developed an ex vivo murine myeloid transformation assay using retroviral gene transduction and its protocol has been improved over the past 10 years. Here, we provide the detailed procedure for this assay.

