Polycomb group genes: Keeping stem cell activity in balance

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 678-681

  Sauvageau, Martin ^a   Sauvageau, Guy ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL REGENERATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 43249118972     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060113     Document Type: Review

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