Lgr proteins in epithelial stem cell biology

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2484-2494

  Barker, Nick ^a,b   Tan, Shawna ^a   Clevers, Hans ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lgr5; R spondin; Stem; Wnt

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 4; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 5; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL EXPANSION; CELL REGENERATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LGR5; R-SPONDIN; STEM; WNT;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REGENERATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84878304558     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.083113     Document Type: Article

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