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Ikaros transcripts Ik6/10 and levels of full-length transcript are critical for chronic myeloid leukaemia blast crisis transformation

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Wang, L., Howarth, A. & Clark, R. Ikaros transcripts Ik6/10 and levels of full-length transcript are critical for chronic myeloid leukaemia blast crisis transformation. Leukemia 28, 1745–1747 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2014.99

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