Enforced expression of an Flt3 internal tandem duplication in human CD34+ cells confers properties of self-renewal and enhanced erythropoiesis

Blood

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-84

  Chung, Ki Young ^b   Morrone, Giovanni ^b   Schuringa, Jan Jacob ^b   Wong, Bryan ^b   Dorn, David C ^b   Moore, Malcolm A S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,7 DIMETHYL 2 PHENYLQUINOXALINE; CD34 ANTIGEN; FLT3 LIGAND; MUTANT PROTEIN; PD 16; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN W51; STAT5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CELL RENEWAL; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11144235821     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-12-4445     Document Type: Article

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