Induction of γ-globin gene expression by tallimustine analogs in human erythroid cells

Haematologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 826-827

  Chiarabelli, Cristiano ^a   Bianchi, Nicoletta ^a   Borgotti, Monica ^a   Prus, Eugenia ^b   Fibach, Eitan ^b   Gambari, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Erythroid differentiation; Fetal hemoglobin; Tallimustine

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND 10569; COMPOUND 10655; COMPOUND 10658; COMPOUND 10710; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA; TALLIMUSTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; GAMMA GLOBIN GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISTAMYCINS; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0038714988     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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