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Abstract

It has long been proposed that stem cells function by dividing to generate an identical daughter cell and a cell that becomes more specialized. New work illustrates such asymmetric division and its molecular basis.

Details

Title
To be and not to be
Author
Lin, Haifan
Pages
353,355
Section
news and views
Publication year
2003
Publication date
Sep 25, 2003
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
ISSN
00280836
e-ISSN
14764687
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/425353a
ProQuest document ID
204522872
Copyright
Copyright Macmillan Journals Ltd. Sep 25, 2003