Expression of the LIM-homeobox gene LH2 generates immortalized Steel factor-dependent multipotent hematopoietic precursors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5744-5756

  Pinto Do Ó, Perpetua ^a   Kolterud, Åsa ^a   Carlsson, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ES cells; LIM homeobox gene; Multipotent hematopoietic precursor; Self renewal versus differentiation; Steel factor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; GROWTH FACTOR; STEEL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032190190     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5744     Document Type: Article

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