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The DNA‐binding drugs mithramycin and chromomycin are powerful inducers of erythroid differentiation of human K562 cells
1 Feb 1999
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The human leukaemic K562 cell line can be induced in vitro to undergo erythroid differentiation by a variety of chemical compounds, including haemin, butyric acid, 5-azacytidine and cytosine arabinoside. Differentiation of K562 cells is associated with an increased expression of embryo-fetal globin genes, such as the zeta, epsilon and gamma globin genes. Therefore the K562 cell line has been proposed as a useful...
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