Neurogenesis and asymmetric cell division

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-11

  Zhong, Weimin ^a   Chia, William ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS RATE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 45049086846     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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