HoxA cluster is haploinsufficient for activity of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

Experimental Hematology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Lebert Ghali, Charles Etienne ^a   Fournier, Marilaine ^a   Dickson, Glenda J ^b   Thompson, Alexander ^b   Sauvageau, Guy ^c,d   Bijl, Janet J ^a,d  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOXA GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

MUS;

EID: 78649380480     PISSN: 0301472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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