The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor and stem cell biology

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1409-1420

  Sage, Julien ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN P107; PROTEIN P130; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER OVAL CELL; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAMMARY GLAND STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MUSCLE STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE STEM CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN STEM CELL; STEM CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84863702188     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.193730.112     Document Type: Review

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