Asymmetric and symmetric stem-cell divisions in development and cancer

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7097, 2006, Pages 1068-1074

  Morrison, Sean J ^a   Kimble, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; ONCOLOGY; TOOLS; TUMORS;

ADAPTATION; ADULT REGENERATIVE CAPACITY; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; PROGENY; STEM CELLS;

CYTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; CANCER; REGENERATION;

ADAPTATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL RENEWAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33745600820     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04956     Document Type: Review

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