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Effects of realgar (As4S4) on degradation of PML-RARA harboring acquired arsenic-resistance mutations

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The research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81402074, 81400167, 81670142 ); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu province (No. BK20140224, BK20140227); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2015M570481, 2015M571820, 2016T90506, 2016T90509); Jiangsu Qing Lan Project for Mingshan Niu; The Project of Invigorating Health Care through Science, Technology and Education (Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Discipline).

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Niu, M., Shen, Y., Qi, J. et al. Effects of realgar (As4S4) on degradation of PML-RARA harboring acquired arsenic-resistance mutations. Ann Hematol 96, 1945–1948 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3093-8

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