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Tie2-Cre-induced inactivation of a conditional mutant Nf1 allele in mouse results in a myeloproliferative disorder that models juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Pediatric research - 1 Apr 2004
Gitler Aaron D, Kong Yi, Choi John K, Zhu Yuan, Pear Warren S, Epstein Jonathan A
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type one (NF1) is a common genetic disorder affecting 1:4000 births and is characterized by benign and malignant tumors. Children with NF1 are predisposed to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. The Nf1 gene encodes neurofibromin, which can function as a Ras GTPase-activating prote...
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