What does the concept of the stem cell niche really mean today?

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lander, Arthur D ^a   Kimble, Judith ^b   Clevers, Hans ^c   Fuchs, Elaine ^d   Montarras, Didier ^e   Buckingham, Margaret ^e   Calof, Anne L ^a   Trumpp, Andreas ^f,g   Oskarsson, Thordur ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^c HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine HI STEM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84857985977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-19     Document Type: Article

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