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Nature Genetics 39, 141 - 142 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ng0207-141

Latexin is a newly discovered regulator of hematopoietic stem cells

Gerald de Haan1

  1. Gerald de Haan is in the Department of Cell Biology, Stem Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands. e-mail: g.de.haan@med.umcg.nl

Deeply hidden in the bone marrow are rare hematopoietic stem cells that produce all types of blood cells in the circulatory system. A new study shows that the latexin gene affects the size of this population of cells.

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