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Rescue of lethal c-KitW/W mice by erythropoietin.
Blood - 15 Sept 2004
Waskow Claudia, Terszowski Grzegorz, Costa Céline, Gassmann Max, Rodewald Hans-Reimer
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous natural white-spotted (W) mutations in the gene encoding the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Kit are associated with hypoplastic bone marrow, severe macrocytic anemia, and lethality during early postnatal life. c-Kit(W/W) mice can be rescued by wild-type hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), but it is not known whether the lethality of c-Kit(W/W) mice is the result of HSC failure or defects specific for...
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