Inferring human stem cell behaviour from epigenetic drift

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Shibata, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Colon; Hair; Methylation; Molecular evolution; Niche; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

AGING; CELL CLONE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; COLON; CPG ISLAND; CRYPT CELL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENEALOGY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STEM CELL;

AGING; CELL AGING; CELL LINEAGE; COLON; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, HUMAN; HAIR; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 58449110498     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2461     Document Type: Review

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