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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
- 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
Abstract
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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