Hemopoietic growth factor receptor abnormalities in leukemia.

doi:10.1016/s0145-2126(98)00110-6

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Hemopoietic growth factor receptor abnormalities in leukemia.

Leukemia research - 1 Dec 1998

Alexander W S, Nicola N A

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Growth factor and cytokine control of hemopoiesis, the process of blood cell development, is mediated by specific interactions with cell-surface receptors. Hemopoietic growth factor receptors belong to two major families, the transmembrane protein tyrosine kinases and the hemopoietin receptors. L...

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Humans
Leukemia
Mutation
Neoplasm Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor
Receptors, Cytokine
Receptors, Erythropoietin
Receptors, Thrombopoietin

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