Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1041-1051 , August 2006

Internal tandem duplication of Flt3 modulates chemotaxis and survival of hematopoietic cells by SDF1α but negatively regulates marrow homing in vivo

  • Seiji Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Seiji Fukuda, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Walther Oncology Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202
    • ,
  • Louis M. Pelus

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.04.001

Experimental Hematology
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