A mex3 homolog is required for differentiation during planarian stem cell lineage development

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue JUNE 2015, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Zhu, Shu Jun ^a,b   Hallows, Stephanie E ^a   Currie, Ko W ^a,b   Xu, Changjiang ^c   Pearson, Bret J ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; TUNEL ASSAY; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TESTING; PLANARIANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937434095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07025     Document Type: Article

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