The adult Drosophila posterior midgut is maintained by pluripotent stem cells

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7075, 2006, Pages 470-474

  Ohlstein, Benjamin ^a   Spradling, Allan ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORMONES; TUMORS;

DROSOPHILA POSTERIOR MIDGUT CELLS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTESTINAL FUNCTIONS; STEM CELLS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MIDGUT; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31444444485     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04333     Document Type: Article

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