Finding a niche: Studies from the Drosophila ovary

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Eliazer, Susan ^a   Buszczak, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; INSULIN; PIWI PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GERM LINE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENOMICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; INSULIN; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 82355171828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt86     Document Type: Review

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