Asymmetric stem cell division: Lessons from Drosophila

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-293

  Wu, Pao Shu ^a   Egger, Boris ^a   Brand, Andrea H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cancer; Cell size; Neuroblast; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C;

BRAIN TUMOR; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEOPLASM; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41549135046     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.01.007     Document Type: Review

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