C/EBPα Is Required for Long-Term Self-Renewal and Lineage Priming of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and for the Maintenance of Epigenetic Configurations in Multipotent Progenitors

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hasemann, Marie S ^a,b,c   Lauridsen, Felicia K B ^a,b,c   Waage, Johannes ^a,b,c   Jakobsen, Janus S ^a,b,c   Frank, Anne Katrine ^a,b,c   Schuster, Mikkel B ^a,b,c   Rapin, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Bagger, Frederik O ^a,b,c   Hoppe, Philipp S ^d   Schroeder, Timm ^d   Porse, Bo T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE;

EID: 84893744924     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004079     Document Type: Article

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