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Intrinsic requirement for zinc finger transcription factor Gfi-1 in neutrophil differentiation.
Immunity - 1 Jan 2003
Hock Hanno, Hamblen Melanie J, Rooke Heather M, Traver David, Bronson Roderick T, Cameron Scott, Orkin Stuart H
Abstract excerpt
We report essential roles of zinc finger transcription factor Gfi-1 in myeloid development. Gene-targeted Gfi-1(-/-) mice lack normal neutrophils and are highly susceptible to abscess formation by gram-positive bacteria. Arrested, morphologically atypical, Gr1(+)Mac1(+) myeloid cells expand with...
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