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Wicked views on stem cell news

Stem cells achieve the remarkable task of generating both identical copies of themselves and lineage-restricted daughter cells that ultimately undergo terminal differentiation. The differential regulation of ribosomal protein biosynthesis helps to generate these two outcomes in Drosophila melanogaster.

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Figure 1: Wicked segregates into stem cells and is required for proliferation and growth.

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Neumüller, R., Knoblich, J. Wicked views on stem cell news. Nat Cell Biol 11, 678–679 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb0609-678

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