Experimental Hematology
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Pages 901-908 , August 2009

In vivo inactivation of MASTL kinase results in thrombocytopenia

  • H. Jan Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Jan Johnson, Ph.D., Puget Sound Blood Center, 921 Terry Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1256
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  • Manish J. Gandhi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., USA
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  • Ebrahim Shafizadeh

      Affiliations

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Nathaniel B. Langer

      Affiliations

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Eric L. Pierce

      Affiliations

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Barry H. Paw

      Affiliations

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Diana M. Gilligan

      Affiliations

    • Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Wash., USA
    • Department of Medicine Hematology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., USA
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  • Jonathan G. Drachman

      Affiliations

    • Seattle Genetics, Seattle, Wash., USA

Received 12 January 2009 ,Revised 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 12 May 2009.

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PII: S0301-472X(09)00174-X

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.05.005

Experimental Hematology
Volume 37, Issue 8 , Pages 901-908 , August 2009

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