Expression of ERG, an Ets family transcription factor, identifies ERG-rearranged Ewing sarcoma
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Identification of amino acid residues in the ETS transcription factor Erg that mediate Erg-Jun/Fos-DNA ternary complex formation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Modern Pathology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0893-3952,1530-0285
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.97