The asymmetric division and tumorigenesis of stem cells

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-253

  Wang, Qi Zhao ^a   Lu, Ying Hui ^a   Jiang, Nan ^b   Diao, Yong ^a   Xu, Rui An ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Reproductive Medicine Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cancer stem cell; MicroRNA; Stem cell; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; DAUGHTER CELL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 79955835299     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.009.10668     Document Type: Article

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