stem cell population maintenance

Term ID

GO:0019827

Synonyms

• maintenance of pluripotency

Definition

The process by which an organism or tissue maintains a population of stem cells of a single type. This can be achieved by a number of mechanisms: stem cell asymmetric division maintains stem cell numbers; stem cell symmetric division increases them; maintenance of a stem cell niche maintains the conditions for commitment to the stem cell fate for some types of stem cell; stem cells may arise de novo from other cell types. 0878932437

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO