Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7165, 2007, Pages 1003-1007

  Barker, Nick ^a   Van Es, Johan H ^a   Kuipers, Jeroen ^a   Kujala, Pekka ^b   Van Den Born, Maaike ^a   Cozijnsen, Miranda ^a   Haegebarth, Andrea ^a   Korving, Jeroen ^a   Begthel, Harry ^a   Peters, Peter J ^b   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; LGR5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RODENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYPT CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LGR5 GENE; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; PANETH CELLS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 35548974423     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06196     Document Type: Article

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