HLF (gene)
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External IDsOMIM: 142385; MGI: 96108; HomoloGene: 31074; GeneCards: HLF; OMA:HLF - orthologs
Hepatic leukemia factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HLF gene.[5][6]
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.[6]