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Rarity of dominant-negative mutations of the G-CSF receptor in patients with blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia or de novo acute leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Jul 1997
Carapeti M, Soede-Bobok A, Hochhaus A, Sill H, Touw I P, Goldman J M, Cross N C
Abstract excerpt
It is likely that leukemia results, at least in part, from mutations that lead to a block in the normal process of differentiation. A defined region of the cytoplasmic domain of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (G-CSF-R) transmits signals for maturation or differentiation of myeloid progenitor cells. Mutations in this region have been found in some patients with severe congenital neutropenia...
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