The role of HOX homeobox genes in normal and leukemic hematopoiesis

Stem Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-291

  Lawrence, H Jeffrey ^a   Sauvageau, Guy ^b   Humphries, R Keith ^c   Largman, Corey ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoiesis; Homeobox genes; Leukemia; Stem cells; Transcription factors; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029954818     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.140281     Document Type: Review

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