Myc in stem cell behaviour: Insights from Drosophila

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 786, Issue , 2013, Pages 269-285

  Quinn, Leonie M ^a   Secombe, Julie ^b   Hime, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell cycle; Cell growth; Drosophila; Myc; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MICRORNA; MYC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; WNT PROTEIN; DIMINUTIVE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MAMMALS; MICRORNAS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; S PHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84934435513     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-7-6621-1_15     Document Type: Article

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