On plant stem cells and animal stem cells.
- Author:
Yun YOU
;
Chao JIANG
;
Lu-Qi HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Plant Cells;
Signal Transduction;
Stem Cells;
cytology;
metabolism
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2014;39(2):343-345
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A comparison of plant and animal stem cells can highlight core aspects of stem-cell biology. In both kingdoms, stem cells are defined by their clonogenic properties and are maintained by intercellular signals. The signaling molecules are different in plants and animals stem cell niches, but the roles of argonaute and polycomb group proteins suggest that there are some molecular similarities.