Role of SALL4 in hematopoiesis

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-291

  Yang, Jianchang ^b   Liao, Wenbin ^a   Ma, Yupo ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEVADA CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bone marrow transplantation; DNA methyltransferases; ex vivo expansion; hematopoietic stem cell; Mi 2 NuRD complex

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALL4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENGRAFTMENT; EPIGENETICS; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL EXPANSION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84862134431     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e328353c684     Document Type: Review

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