Polycomb Group Genes Psc and Su(z)2 Maintain Somatic Stem Cell Identity and Activity in Drosophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Morillo Prado, Jose Rafael ^a   Chen, Xin ^b   Fuller, Margaret T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL B GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR SEX COMBS GENE; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; SUPPRESSOR OF ZESTE 2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84871377309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052892     Document Type: Article

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