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Lack of p73 expression in mature B-ALL and identification of three new splicing variants restricted to pre B and C-ALL indicate a role of p73 in B cell ALL differentiation

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This work was partially supported by Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), Associazione Italiana per la Lotta al Neuroblastoma, Associazione Città della Speranza. PS is supported by a FIRC (Fondazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro) fellowship.

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  1. Solid Tumour Biology Unit, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genoa, Italy

    P Scaruffi & GP Tonini

  2. Laboratory of Oncology, G Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    P Scaruffi

  3. Laboratory of Population Genetics, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca, sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

    I Casciano, M Romani & GP Tonini

  4. University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    L Masiero

  5. University of Turin, Italy

    G Basso

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Scaruffi, P., Casciano, I., Masiero, L. et al. Lack of p73 expression in mature B-ALL and identification of three new splicing variants restricted to pre B and C-ALL indicate a role of p73 in B cell ALL differentiation. Leukemia 14, 518–519 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2401698

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