Article
The vav proto-oncogene is required early in embryogenesis but not for hematopoietic development in vitro.
The EMBO journal - 3 Jan 1995
Zmuidzinas A, Fischer K D, Lira S A, Forrester L, Bryant S, Bernstein A, Barbacid M
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that the vav protooncogene plays an important role in hematopoiesis. To study this further, we have ablated the vav protooncogene by homologous recombination in embryonic stem (ES) cells. Homozygous vav (-/-) ES clones differentiate normally in culture and generate cells of erythroid, myeloid and mast cell lineages. Mice heterozygous for the targeted vav allele do not display any...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Embryo Implantation
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Lethal
- Hematopoiesis
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
