Role of cytokines and extracellular matrix in the regulation of haemopoietic stem cells

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 721-726

  Whetton, Anthony D ^a   Spooncer, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031774610     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80113-0     Document Type: Article

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