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    Antisense Oligonucleotides from the Stage-specific Myeloid Zinc Finger Gene MZF-1 Inhibit Granulopoiesis In Vitro
    (Rockefeller University Press, 1991-11-01) Bavisotto, Linda; Kaushansk, Kenneth; Lin, Nancy; Hromas, Robert; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Zinc finger proteins are transcriptional regulators of other genes, often controlling developmental cascades of gene expression. A recently cloned zinc finger gene, MZF-1, was found to be preferentially expressed in myeloid cells. Using complementary radiolabeled MZF-1 RNA hybridized to human bone marrow smears in situ, it was discovered that the expression of MZF-1 is essentially limited to the myelocyte and metamyelocyte stages of granulopoiesis. Antisense but not sense oligonucleotides from MZF-1 significantly inhibited granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-driven granulocyte colony formation in vitro.