Drosophila Stem Cell Niches: A Decade of Discovery Suggests a Unified View of Stem Cell Regulation

Developmental Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-171

  Losick, Vicki P ^a   Morris, Lucy X ^a   Fox, Donald T ^a   Spradling, Allan ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 79960237293     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.06.018     Document Type: Review

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