Live and let die in the intestinal epithelium

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 763-770

  Sancho, Elena ^a   Batlle, Eduard ^a   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MYC PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULTHOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 0344413420     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2003.10.012     Document Type: Review

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