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Malignant Transformation and Erythroid Differentiation by Polycythaemia-inducing Friend Virus

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The polycythaemia-inducing Friend virus seems to transform erythropoietin-responsive stem cells, so that they are then able to differentiate into erythroblasts without erythropoietin.

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TAMBOURIN, P., WENDLING, F. Malignant Transformation and Erythroid Differentiation by Polycythaemia-inducing Friend Virus. Nature New Biology 234, 230–233 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio234230a0

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