Germline stem cells and their regulation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 786, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-46

  Kershner, Aaron ^a   Crittenden, Sarah L ^a   Friend, Kyle ^a   Sorensen, Erika B ^a   Porter, Douglas F ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germline stem cells; Post transcriptional regulation; Stem cell niche; Stem cell regulatory network

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN CKI 2; PROTEIN CYE 1; PROTEIN PUM1; PROTEIN PUM2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN FBF 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN FBF 2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN GLD1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN GLD2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FEM 3 BINDING PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FEM-3-BINDING PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; FBF 1 GENE; FBF 2 GENE; FBF BINDING ELEMENT; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIP 1 GENE; MALE ANIMAL; MEIOSIS; MESENCHYMAL DISTAL TIP CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84934434655     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-7-6621-1_3     Document Type: Article

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