Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 90-103.e4 , February 2010

C/EBPε directs granulocytic-vs-monocytic lineage determination and confers chemotactic function via Hlx

  • Stephanie Halene

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Stephanie Halene, M.D., Section of Hematology, Yale Cancer Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208021, New Haven, CT 06520-8073
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  • Peter Gaines

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass., USA
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  • Hong Sun

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Theresa Zibello

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA
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  • Sharon Lin

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, and Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA
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  • Arati Khanna-Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Simon C. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Lubbock, Tex., USA
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  • Archibald Perkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., USA
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  • Diane Krause

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, and Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA
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  • Nancy Berliner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA

Received 28 August 2009 ,Revised 11 November 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.11.004

Experimental Hematology
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 90-103.e4 , February 2010

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