Scratching the niche that controls Caenorhabditis elegans germline stem cells

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1107-1113

  Byrd, Dana T ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; FBF; Germline stem cells (GSCs); Notch signaling; RNA regulation; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA;

ADULTHOOD; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70449631033     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.09.005     Document Type: Review

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