Structural highlights
Disease
TAL1_HUMAN Precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A chromosomal aberration involving TAL1 may be a cause of some T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias (T-ALL). Translocation t(1;14)(p32;q11) with T-cell receptor alpha chain (TCRA) genes.
Function
TAL1_HUMAN Implicated in the genesis of hemopoietic malignancies. It may play an important role in hemopoietic differentiation. Serves as a positive regulator of erythroid differentiation (By similarity).[1]
References
- ↑ Aplan PD, Nakahara K, Orkin SH, Kirsch IR. The SCL gene product: a positive regulator of erythroid differentiation. EMBO J. 1992 Nov;11(11):4073-81. PMID:1396592