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Isolating Intestinal Stem Cells from Adult Drosophila Midguts by FACS to Study Stem Cell Behavior During Aging
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The Osa-containing SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex regulates stem cell commitment in the adult Drosophila

Xiankun Zeng1, Xinhua Lin, Steven X Hou

  • 1Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. zengx2@mail.nih.gov

Development (Cambridge, England)
|August 15, 2013
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Keywords:
Chromatin-remodeling factorDifferentiationDrosophilaIntestinal stem cellsOsaSWI/SNFSelf-renewal

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