| Chapter title |
Analysis of the C. elegans Germline Stem Cell Pool.
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 1 |
| Book title |
Germline Stem Cells
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-4017-2_1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-4015-8, 978-1-4939-4017-2
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| Authors |
Sarah L. Crittenden, Hannah S. Seidel, Judith Kimble |
| Editors |
Michael Buszczak |
| Abstract |
The Caenorhabditis elegans germline is an excellent model for studying the regulation of a pool of stem cells and progression of cells from a stem cell state to a differentiated state. At the tissue level, the germline is organized in an assembly line with the germline stem cell (GSC) pool at one end and differentiated cells at the other. A simple mesenchymal niche caps the GSC region of the germline and maintains GSCs in an undifferentiated state by signaling through the conserved Notch pathway. Downstream of Notch signaling, key regulators include novel LST-1 and SYGL-1 proteins and a network of RNA regulatory proteins. In this chapter we present methods for characterizing the C. elegans GSC pool and early germ cell differentiation. The methods include examination of the germline in living and fixed worms, cell cycle analysis, and analysis of markers. We also discuss assays to separate mutants that affect the stem cell vs. differentiation decision from those that affect germ cell processes more generally. |
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