Smurfs have “fused” into the asymmetric division of stem cells

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Prot Cell

2011, Vol. 2

Issue (1) : 2-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-011-1005-6 PMID: 21337003

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Smurfs have “fused” into the asymmetric division of stem cells

Steven Y. Cheng¹(

), Ying E. Zhang²

1. Department of Developmental Genetics, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, 140 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing 210029, China; 2. Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

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Corresponding Author(s): Cheng Steven Y.,Email:sycheng@njmu.edu.cn

Issue Date: 01 January 2011

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Steven Y. Cheng,Ying E. Zhang. Smurfs have “fused” into the asymmetric division of stem cells[J]. Prot Cell, 2011, 2(1): 2-4.

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Fig.1 Diagram of a germarium structure in cross section.
GSCs, germline stem cells (red), CBs, cystoblasts (pink), TFs, terminal filament cells (brown), CPCs, cap cells (green), IGS, inner germline sheath cells (orange), FC, somatic follicular cells (blue), and C, germline cysts (pink oval).From Xie, T. and Spradling, A. Science 290: 328–330, 2000. Reprinted with permission from AAAS.

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