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Abstract

The bmi-1 proto-oncogene has been implicated in B-cell lymphomagenesis in E mu-myc transgenic mice. Distinct domains of the Bmi-1 protein are highly conserved within the Drosophila protein Posterior Sex Combs, a member of the Polycomb group involved in maintaining stable repression of homeotic genes during development. We have inactivated the bmi-1 gene in the germ line of mice by homologous recombination in ES cells. Null mutant mice display three phenotypic alterations: (1) a progressive decrease in the number of hematopoietic cells and an impaired proliferative response of these cells to mitogens; (2) neurological abnormalities manifested by an ataxic gait and sporadic seizures; and (3) posterior transformation, in most cases along the complete anteroposterior axis of the skeleton. The observations indicate that Mbi-1 plays an important role in morphogenesis during embryonic development and in hematopoiesis throughout pre- and postnatal life. Furthermore, these data provide the first evidence of functional conservation of a mammalian Polycomb group homolog.

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@article{van_der_Lugt_1994, title={Posterior transformation, neurological abnormalities, and severe hematopoietic defects in mice with a targeted deletion of the bmi-1 proto-oncogene.}, volume={8}, ISSN={1549-5477}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.8.7.757}, DOI={10.1101/gad.8.7.757}, number={7}, journal={Genes & Development}, publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}, author={van der Lugt, N M and Domen, J and Linders, K and van Roon, M and Robanus-Maandag, E and te Riele, H and van der Valk, M and Deschamps, J and Sofroniew, M and van Lohuizen, M}, year={1994}, month=apr, pages={757–769} }