Leukemia Research
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1011-1016 , November 2002

The kinase inhibitor STI571 reverses the Bcr–Abl induced point mutation frequencies observed in pre-leukemic P190Bcr–Abl transgenic mice

Received 22 May 2001 ,Accepted 22 October 2001.

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Leukemia Research
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1011-1016 , November 2002