“…Many transcription factors are thought to play a role in erythropoiesis, such as GATA-1 (Kulessa et al, 1995;Tsai et al, 1991), GATA-2 (Tsai et al, 1994), PU.1 (Hromas et al, 1993;Schuetze et al, 1992Schuetze et al, , 1993 and SCL (Aplan et al, 1992;Begley et al, 1989;Shivdasani and Orkin, 1996). Among these, the role of PU.1 in erythropoiesis is still controversial.…”