Absence of mutations in the key megakaryocyte transcriptional regulator FOG-1 in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 750-752

  Fisher, Chris ^a   Steensma, David ^a   Janmohamed, Riaz ^b   Kaczmarski, Richard ^b   Reilly, John T ^c   Vyas, Paresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FOG 1; GATA1; Megakaryopoiesis; Myleofibrosis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MYELOID METAPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4544259475     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05100.x     Document Type: Letter

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