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Sequencing histone-modifying enzymes identifies UTX mutations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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This work was supported by NCI P01CA684841 and the Charles Hood Foundation. LB was supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Heisenberg-Stipendium BU 1339/3-1).

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  1. B G Mar and L Bullinger: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

    B G Mar, K Schlis, L B Silverman & S A Armstrong

  2. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    B G Mar, K Schlis, L B Silverman & S A Armstrong

  3. Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    L Bullinger & K Döhner

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, USA

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Mar, B., Bullinger, L., Basu, E. et al. Sequencing histone-modifying enzymes identifies UTX mutations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 26, 1881–1883 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.56

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