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Methylation analysis of asparagine synthetase gene in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

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This work was supported by NIH grants as well as Parker Hughes Fund. HPK is the holder of the Mark Goodson endowed Chair in Oncology Research and is a member of the Jonsson Cancer and Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA. The work is dedicated to the memory of David Golde, a friend and mentor.

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  1. T Akagi and D Yin: These authors contributed equally to this work

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    T Akagi, D Yin, N Kawamata, I Wolf, C W Miller & H P Koeffler

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    C R Bartram

  3. Department of Hematology and Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital ‘Benjamin Franklin’, Berlin, Germany

    W-K Hofmann

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Akagi, T., Yin, D., Kawamata, N. et al. Methylation analysis of asparagine synthetase gene in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Leukemia 20, 1303–1306 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404216

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