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The role of Ikaros in human erythroid differentiation.
Blood - 1 Feb 2008
Dijon Marilyne, Bardin Florence, Murati Anne, Batoz Michèle, Chabannon Christian, Tonnelle Cécile
Abstract excerpt
Ikaros--a factor that positively or negatively controls gene transcription--is active in murine adult erythroid cells, and involved in fetal to adult globin switching. Mice with Ikaros mutations have defects in erythropoiesis and anemia. In this paper, we have studied the role of Ikaros in human erythroid development for the first time. Using a gene-transfer strategy, we expressed Ikaros 6 (Ik6)--a known...
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