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Nature Immunology 9, 714 - 716 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0708-714

Erg in stem cells: a function emerges

Ellen V Rothenberg1

  1. Ellen V. Rothenberg is in the Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
    e-mail: evroth@its.caltech.edu


Transcription factors of the Ets family are important for mammalian development. A genetic screen now finds that the Ets family member Erg is essential for definitive hematopoiesis and adult hematopoietic stem cell function.

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