Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 12 , Pages 1593-1603 , December 2008

Mesodermal patterning activity of SCL

  • Ismail Ismailoglu

      Affiliations

    • Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., USA
    • Genetics and Development Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex., USA
    • ,
  • Gabriel Yeamans

      Affiliations

    • Genetics and Development Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex., USA
    • ,
  • George Q. Daley

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
    • ,
  • Rita C.R. Perlingeiro

      Affiliations

    • Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., USA
    • ,
  • Michael Kyba

      Affiliations

    • Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Michael Kyba, Ph.D., Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 312 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Received 15 April 2008 ,Revised 7 July 2008 ,Accepted 21 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2008.07.005

Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 12 , Pages 1593-1603 , December 2008

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