Coordinate Regulation of Stem Cell Competition by Slit-Robo and JAK-STAT Signaling in the Drosophila Testis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Stine, Rachel R ^a   Greenspan, Leah J ^a   Ramachandran, Kapil V ^a   Matunis, Erika L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; JANUS KINASE; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENOTYPE; GERMLINE STEM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CYST STEM CELL; STEM CELL; TESTIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; JANUS KINASES; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84912058928     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004713     Document Type: Article

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