Slow-cycling stem cells in hydra contribute to head regeneration
Adult stem cells face the challenge of maintaining tissue homeostasis by self-renewal while maintaining their proliferation potential over the lifetime of an organism. Continuous proliferation can cause genotoxic/metabolic stress that can compromise the genomic integrity of stem cells. To prevent st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/3/12/1236 |