The histone variant His2Av is required for adult stem cell maintenance in the Drosophila testis.

Many tissues are sustained by adult stem cells, which replace lost cells by differentiation and maintain their own population through self-renewal. The mechanisms through which adult stem cells maintain their identity are thus important for tissue homeostasis and repair throughout life. Here, we sho...

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Main Authors: Jose Rafael Morillo Prado, Shrividhya Srinivasan, Margaret T Fuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3820763?pdf=render