Germline stem cells: Origin and destiny

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 729-739

  Lehmann, Ruth ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GERM LINE; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ADULT; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84862518049     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.05.016     Document Type: Review

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