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This work was funded, PI E. Grinstein, by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, grant GR 3581/2-1, and José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung, grant DJCLS R 12/32.
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Reister, S., Mahotka, C., van den Höfel, N. et al. Nucleolin promotes Wnt signaling in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Leukemia 33, 1052–1054 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-019-0401-4
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