Recent advances in Drosophila stem cell biology

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1329-1339

  Pearson, John ^a   López Onieva, Lourdes ^a   Rojas Ríos, Patricia ^a   González Reyes, Acaimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germline stem cell; Niche morphogenesis; Niche signaling; SiRNA; Somatic stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DICER; DICER 1; DNA ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; MICRORNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DCR1; PROTEIN DOM; PROTEIN ISWI; PROTEIN MEI P26; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; INTESTINE; KIDNEY CELL; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MALE; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 73949131137     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072431jp     Document Type: Review

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