Non-hormonal cell types in the pituitary candidating for stem cell

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-570

  Vankelecom, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chromophobe; Clonogenic; Pituitary; Side population; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 34548485830     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.04.006     Document Type: Review

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