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Phenotypic and functional characterization of a mouse model of targeted Pig-a deletion in hematopoietic cells.
Haematologica - 1 Feb 2010
Visconte Valeria, Raghavachari Nalini, Liu Delong, Keyvanfar Keyvan, Desierto Marie J, Chen Jichun, Young Neal S
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BACKGROUND: Somatic mutation in the X-linked phosphatidylinositol glycan class A gene (PIG-A) causes glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchor deficiency in human patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. DESIGN AND METHODS: We produced an animal model of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria by conditional Pig-a gene inactivation (Pig-a(-/-)) in hematopoietic cells; mice carrying two lox sites flanking exon 6...
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