Mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2009, Pages 377-406

  He, Shenghui ^a   Nakada, Daisuke ^a   Morrison, Sean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Cell cycle; Niche; Oncogene; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENOME; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 70350220586     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.042308.113248     Document Type: Review

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