Engraftment of normal stem cells in W/W(v) mice assessed by a novel quantitative PCR analysis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1017-1025

  Tanosaki, R ^a   Migliaccio, A R ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Immunologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; c kit; Haemopoietic stem cell; PCR; W W(v)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030764680     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.2983115.x     Document Type: Article

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