Experimental Hematology
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1153-1161 , October 2002

The stress-associated acetylcholinesterase variant AChE-R is expressed in human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors and its C-terminal peptide ARP promotes their proliferation

  • Varda R Deutsch

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Varda Deutsch, Ph.D., The Hematology Institute, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Str., Tel Aviv, 64239 Israel
    • Departments of Hematology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Marjorie Pick

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Hematology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Chava Perry

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Hematology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Dan Grisaru

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Yoram Hemo

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopedics, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Dita Golan-Hadari

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Alastair Grant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Amiram Eldor

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Hematology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Deceased November 24, 2001.
    • ,
  • Hermona Soreq

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 17 December 2001 ,Revised 5 May 2002 ,Accepted 21 June 2002.

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Experimental Hematology
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