Glutamine metabolic switch is key to red blood cell development and disease (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Glutamine metabolic switch is key to red blood cell development and disease

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Co-corresponding authors Jian Xu,PhD, (left) and Min Ni, PhD, (right) and co-first authors Junhua Lyu, PhD, (center left) and Yuannyu Zhang, PhD, (center right) identified and characterized a previously unrecognized fundamental role for glutamine in blood cell development.

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