Bacterial Folates Provide an Exogenous Signal for C. elegans Germline Stem Cell Proliferation

Developmental Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-46

  Chaudhari, Snehal N ^a   Mukherjee, Madhumati ^b   Vagasi, Alexandra S ^a   Bi, Gaofeng ^c   Rahman, Mohammad M ^b,d   Nguyen, Christine Q ^a   Paul, Ligi ^c   Selhub, Jacob ^c   Kipreos, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL EXTRACT; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOSIDE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FOLATE TRANSPORTER; FOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERMLINE STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; GERM CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84979650155     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.06.013     Document Type: Article

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