Differentiation-Defective Stem Cells Outcompete Normal Stem Cells for Niche Occupancy in the Drosophila Ovary

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-49

  Jin, Zhigang ^a   Kirilly, Daniel ^a,b   Weng, Changjiang ^a   Kawase, Eihachiro ^a   Song, Xiaoqing ^a   Smith, Sarah ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Xie, Ting ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

STEMCELL

Indexed keywords

BAG OF MARBLES PROTEIN; BENIGN GONIAL CELL NEOPLASM PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BAM; PROTEIN BGCN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 37549000504     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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