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The unique role of GATA1s in Down syndrome acute megakaryocytic leukemia biology and therapy

ABSTRACT: Microarray gene expression profiling of lentivirus shRNA knockdown of the GATA1 gene in a DS AMkL cell line, CMK (harbors a mutated GATA1 gene and only expresses GATA1s). Cell culture samples from two CMK clones (CMK-5a and CMK-5b) were compared against a negative control infection sample (CMK-neg). Two dye-swap microarrays were completed for each clone.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Yubin Ge

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32388 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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The unique role of GATA1s in Down syndrome acute megakaryocytic leukemia biology and therapy

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