Intimate relationships with their neighbors: Tales of stem cells in Drosophila reproductive systems

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 775-790

  Xie, Ting ^a   Kawase, Eihachiro ^a   Kirilly, Daniel ^a   Wong, Marco D ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Drosophila; Germline stem cell; Niche; Reproductive systems; Somatic stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; DROSOPHILA; INTIMACY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 14644404290     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20317     Document Type: Article

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