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spellingShingle Xue, Li, Chen, Xiaoyong, Chang, Yanjie, Bieker, James J., Blood, Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development, Cell Biology, Hematology, Immunology, Biochemistry
title Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_full Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_fullStr Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_full_unstemmed Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_short Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_sort regulatory elements of the eklf gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
title_unstemmed Regulatory elements of the EKLF gene that direct erythroid cell-specific expression during mammalian development
topic Cell Biology, Hematology, Immunology, Biochemistry
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-09-3231