| Identity |
| Other names | HOX1G (homeobox-1G); |
| HGNC | HOXA9 |
| Location | 7p15 |
| Protein |
| Description | 129 amino acids; DNA binding domain (homeobox) in C-term |
| Localisation | nuclear |
| Function | sequence specific transcription factor; role during embryonic development (patterning); HOX genes are also expressed in adult tissues, including blood cells; probable role in blood cell differenciation |
| Homology | with class 1 homeodomain proteins |
| Implicated in |
| Entity | t(7;11)(p15;p15)/ANLL --> NUP98-HOXA9 |
| Disease | M2-M4 ANLL mostly; occasionally: CML-like cases |
| Prognosis | mean survival: 15 mths |
| Cytogenetics | sole anomaly most often |
| Hybrid/Mutated Gene | 5' NUP98 - 3' HOXA9 |
| Abnormal Protein | fuses the GLFG repeat domains of NUP98 to the HOXA9 homeobox |
| Breakpoints |
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| External links |
| Bibliography |
| Fusion of the nucleoporin gene NUP98 to HOXA9 by the chromosome translocation t(7;11)(p15;p15) in human myeloid leukaemia. |
| Nakamura T, Largaespada DA, Lee MP, Johnson LA, Ohyashiki K, Toyama K, Chen SJ, Willman CL, Chen IM, Feinberg AP, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Shaughnessy JD Jr |
| Nature genetics. 1996 ; 12 (2) : 154-158. |
| PMID 8563753 |
| The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia fuses the genes for nucleoporin NUP98 and class I homeoprotein HOXA9. |
| Borrow J, Shearman AM, Stanton VP Jr, Becher R, Collins T, Williams AJ, Dubˆ© I, Katz F, Kwong YL, Morris C, Ohyashiki K, Toyama K, Rowley J, Housman DE |
| Nature genetics. 1996 ; 12 (2) : 159-167. |
| PMID 8563754 |
| Mice bearing a targeted interruption of the homeobox gene HOXA9 have defects in myeloid, erythroid, and lymphoid hematopoiesis. |
| Lawrence HJ, Helgason CD, Sauvageau G, Fong S, Izon DJ, Humphries RK, Largman C |
| Blood. 1997 ; 89 (6) : 1922-1930. |
| PMID 9058712 |
| REVIEW articles | automatic search in PubMed |
| Last year publications | automatic search in PubMed |
| Contributor(s) |
| Written | 01-1998 | Jean-loup Huret |
| Citation |
| This paper should be referenced as such : |
| Huret JL . HOXA9. Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. January 1998 . URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/HOXA9.html |
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