title: Changing places: a novel type of niche and stem cell coordination in the Drosophila ovary.
abstract: The Drosophila ovary has been a favorite model for the study of stem cells within their niche. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Nystul and Spradling (2007) study somatic stem cells within a novel kind of niche and reveal the complexity and coordination of stem cell behavior.
authors: Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. gilboa@saturn.med.nyu.edu
authors: Lilach
authors: L
authors: Gilboa
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Lehmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*