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We thank K Nakamura (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan), Y Nagatoshi (National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan), Y Ohtsuka (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan), H Inada (Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan), and K Nakamura (Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan) for providing clinical data of cell surface antigen expression, Wyeth Research (Pearl River, NY, USA) for providing GO, F. Rauscher III (Wister Institute, PA, USA) for providing pMT-CB6+ expression vector, and Y Akahane (Scientific Coordination Group Inc., Saitama, Japan) for sterile splitting of GO.
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Akahane, K., Inukai, T., Inaba, T. et al. Specific induction of CD33 expression by E2A–HLF: the first evidence for aberrant myeloid antigen expression in ALL by a fusion transcription factor. Leukemia 24, 865–869 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2010.8
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