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Intestinal stem cells: no longer immortal but ever so clever…
Author(s) -
Edgar Bruce A
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2012.133
Subject(s) - biology , stem cell , induced pluripotent stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , intestinal epithelium , cell division , cellular differentiation , stem cell theory of aging , adult stem cell , cell , epithelium , genetics , progenitor cell , embryonic stem cell , stem cell factor , gene
Intestinal stem cells in both flies and mice show remarkable plasticity by employing symmetric stem cell divisions in response to environmental demands.