Caenorhabditis elegans germ line: A model for stem cell biology

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3343-3357

  Hubbard, E Jane Albert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germ line; Niche; Notch; Renewal; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 37249059285     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21335     Document Type: Review

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