Polycomb group proteins in hematopoietic stem cell aging and malignancies

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-23

  Klauke, Karin ^a,b   De Haan, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Epigenetics; Hematopoietic stem cells; Leukemia; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; EPIGENETICS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN;

CELL AGING; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79960092855     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-011-0857-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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