Shaping the niche: Lessons from the Drosophila testis and other model systems

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 723-736

  Papagiannouli, Fani ^a   Lohmann, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila testis; ECM; Hox genes; Integrin; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

CELL CONTROL; CELL REGULATION; CYTOSKELETAL; DISEASED TISSUES; DROSOPHILA TESTIS; HOMOLOGOUS GENES; HOX GENE; INTEGRINS; INTRINSIC SIGNAL; MODEL SYSTEM; STEM-CELL NICHES;

ANIMALS; GENES; MAINTENANCE; MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES;

STEM CELLS;

INTEGRIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL HOMING; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOX GENE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTEGRINS; MALE; MAMMALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861776293     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201100352     Document Type: Review

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