The Hippo signaling pathway and stem cell biology

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 339-346

  Ramos, Azucena ^a,b,c   Camargo, Fernando D ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippo signaling; Regeneration; Size regulation; Stem cells; Tumorigenesis; Yap

Indexed keywords

HIPPO PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84862764408     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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