Progression from a stem cell-like state to early differentiation in the C. elegans germ line

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2048-2053

  Cinquin, Olivier ^a,b   Crittenden, Sarah L ^a   Morgan, Dyan E ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental timing; Network dynamics; Self renewal; Stem cell niche; Transit amplification

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM LINE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 76649123646     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912704107     Document Type: Article

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