title: Developmental trajectories in early hematopoiesis.
abstract: The paths that hematopoietic stem cells take to develop from multipotent, self-renewing cells into committed lymphocytes has been a topic of debate for some time. During early hematopoiesis, multiple branchpoints have been described in which progeny cells segregate into cell lineages with distinct developmental potentials. In this issue of Genes & Development, Inlay and colleagues (pp. 2376-2381) identify novel intermediate stages through which hematopoietic progenitor cells travel.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. murre@biomail.ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Cornelis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors