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Escargot restricts niche cell to stem cell conversion in the Drosophila testis.
Cell reports - 8 May 2014
Voog Justin, Sandall Sharsti L, Hime Gary R, Resende Luís Pedro F, Loza-Coll Mariano, Aslanian Aaron, Yates John R, Hunter Tony, Fuller Margaret T, Jones D Leanne
Abstract excerpt
Stem cells reside within specialized microenvironments, or niches, that control many aspects of stem cell behavior. Somatic hub cells in the Drosophila testis regulate the behavior of cyst stem cells (CySCs) and germline stem cells (GSCs) and are a primary component of the testis stem cell niche. The shutoff (shof) mutation, characterized by premature loss of GSCs and CySCs, was mapped to a locus encoding the...
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