Establishment of Intestinal Stem Cell Niche During Amphibian Metamorphosis

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-327

  Ishizuya Oka, Atsuko ^a   Hasebe, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult stem cell; Amphibian metamorphosis; Cell contact; Niche; Organ culture; Remodeling; Signaling pathway; Small intestine; Thyroid hormone; Transgenic frog

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872522156     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385979-2.00011-3     Document Type: Chapter

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