Partial tandem duplications of the MLL gene are detectable in peripheral blood and bone marrow of nearly all healthy donors

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1728-1734

  Schnittger, Susanne ^a   Wörmann, Bernhard ^a   Hiddemann, Wolfgang ^a   Griesinger, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032170594     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.5.1728.417a01_1728_1734     Document Type: Article

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