The MECOM locus in chromosome band 3q26.2 gives rise to two major mRNA and protein species, EVI1 and MDS1\/EVI1, of which the former has been characterized far more extensively. EVI1 has been implicated in the maintenance and expansion of normal hematopoietic stem cells. In addition, it plays a role as an oncogene in myeloid leukemia and in certain solid tumors, its overexpression being associated with a dismal prognosis in several of these malignancies. EVI1 exerts its biological effects mainly by regulating gene transcription, and does so by acting as a sequence specific transcription factor, by modulating the activity of other sequence specific transcription factors, and by regulating promoter CpG island methylation.
NCBI: 2122 MIM: 165215 HGNC: 3498 Ensembl: ENSG00000085276
dbSNP: 2122 ClinVar: 2122 TCGA: ENSG00000085276 COSMIC: MECOM
Rotraud Wieser
MECOM (Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 (EVI1) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome 1 (MDS1-EVI1)
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2015-05-01
Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/gene/19/mecom-(ecotropic-viral-integration-site-1-(evi1)-and-myelodysplastic-syndrome-1-(mds1-evi1)
2007-12-01 MECOM (Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 (EVI1) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome 1 (MDS1-EVI1) by Rotraud Wieser  Affiliation
2003-05-01 MECOM (Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 (EVI1) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome 1 (MDS1-EVI1) by Soumen Chakraborty,Silvia Buonamici,Vitalyi Senyuk,Giuseppina Nucifora  Affiliation