Asymmetric Cell Divisions in the Epidermis

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-232

  Poulson, Nicholas D ^a   Lechler, Terry ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Epidermis; Inscuteable; NuMA; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INSC PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; LGN PROTEIN; NUMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CENTROSOME; CENTROSOME MIGRATION; DAUGHTER CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG OUTGROWTH; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MITOSIS SPINDLE ALIGNMENT; MITOSIS SPINDLE ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTED CELL DIVISION; PLANAR CELL POLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858823567     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394306-4.00012-5     Document Type: Chapter

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