The gastrointestinal stem cell

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-53

  Brittan, M ^a   Wright, N A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL CLONING; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HETEROKARYON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CRYPT; LAMINA PROPRIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STOMACH GLAND; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 1342301578     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2004.00299.x     Document Type: Review

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