ELK1 is a member of the Ets (T twenty-six) oncogene family of TFs, which includes nuclear phosphoproteins involved in many biological processes, such as cell growth, survival hematopoiesis, wound healing, cancer and inflammation (Sharrocks, Yang & Galanis, 2000; Besnard et al., 2011). The gene discussed is ELK1; the disease is cancer.