Stem cell niche: Structure and function

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2005, Pages 605-631

  Li, Linheng ^a   Xie, Ting ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem cell; Differentiation; Multipotentiality; Self renewal; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM; GERM LINE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; INTESTINE CELL; MAMMAL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 28444486367     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.21.012704.131525     Document Type: Review

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