Experimental Hematology
Volume 37, Issue 7 , Pages 799-806.e4 , July 2009

Complex developmental patterns of histone modifications associated with the human β-globin switch in primary cells

  • Mei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH., USA
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  • Christine A. Richardson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH., USA
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  • Emmanuel Olivier

      Affiliations

    • Einstein Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY., USA
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  • Caihong Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Einstein Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY., USA
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  • Eric E. Bouhassira

      Affiliations

    • Einstein Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY., USA
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  • Christopher H. Lowrey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH., USA
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  • Steven Fiering

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Steven Fiering, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, 622 Rubin Building, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756

Received 23 January 2009 ,Revised 2 April 2009 ,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.04.006

Experimental Hematology
Volume 37, Issue 7 , Pages 799-806.e4 , July 2009

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