BMP signaling and stem cell regulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Zhang, Jiwang ^a   Li, Linheng ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Embryonic stem cell; Germline stem cell; Hematopoietic stem cell; Intestinal stem cell; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM LINE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTESTINE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 23244432429     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.05.009     Document Type: Review

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