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Xie, T. (2009). Stem cell in the adult Drosophila hindgut: just a sleeping beauty.  Cell Stem Cell 5(3): 227--228.
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FBrf0208820
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Abstract
The Drosophila hindgut was suggested to harbor constitutively active stem cells. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Fox and Spradling (2009) demonstrate that this organ contains only dormant stem cells capable of proliferating and producing differentiated cells in response to injury.
PubMed ID
19733527
PubMed Central ID
DOI
10.1016/j.stem.2009.08.013
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Research paper

The Drosophila hindgut lacks constitutively active adult stem cells but proliferates in response to tissue damage.
Fox and Spradling, 2009, Cell Stem Cell 5(3): 290--297 [FBrf0209061]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Publication Type
    Journal
    Abbreviation
    Cell Stem Cell
    Title
    Cell Stem Cell
    Publication Year
    2007--
    ISBN/ISSN
    1934-5909 1875-9777
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