Leukemia Research
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 601-610 , July 2000

Clonal response of K562 leukemic cells to exogenous p21WAF1

  • Richard A Steinman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 211 Lothrop Street, E1052 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-412-6244627; fax: +1-412-6247794
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  • Beatrice Yaroslavskiy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 211 Lothrop Street, E1052 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Sandra S Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 211 Lothrop Street, E1052 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Julie P Goff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 211 Lothrop Street, E1052 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Donna S Shields

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 211 Lothrop Street, E1052 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 18 December 1999 ,Accepted 21 January 2000.

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Leukemia Research
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 601-610 , July 2000