Adhesion in the stem cell niche: Biological roles and regulation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-265

  Chen, Shuyi ^a   Lewallen, Michelle ^a   Xie, Ting ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cadherin; Integrin; Niche; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; BETA INTEGRIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

CELL ADHESION; CELL AGING; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL HOMING; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84871603152     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.083139     Document Type: Review

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