The self-renewing mechanism of stem cells in the germline

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 687-693

  Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOSKELETON; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031742301     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80108-7     Document Type: Article

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