Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 832-844 , July 2008

A cascade of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases regulates the differentiation and functional activation of murine neutrophils

  • Peter Gaines

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Peter Gaines, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854
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  • James Lamoureux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass., USA
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  • Anantha Marisetty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass., USA
  • ,
  • Jeffrey Chi

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA
  • ,
  • Nancy Berliner

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA

Received 11 September 2007 ,Revised 28 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2008.02.009

Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 832-844 , July 2008