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Absence of erythroblast macrophage protein (Emp) leads to failure of erythroblast nuclear extrusion.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Jul 2006
Soni Shivani, Bala Shashi, Gwynn Babette, Sahr Kenneth E, Peters Luanne L, Hanspal Manjit
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, the functional unit for definitive erythropoiesis is the erythroblastic island, a multicellular structure composed of a central macrophage surrounded by developing erythroblasts. Erythroblast-macrophage interactions play a central role in the terminal maturation of erythroblasts, including enucleation. One possible mediator of this cell-cell interaction is the protein Emp (erythroblast macrophage...
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