Lens regeneration in larval xenopus laevis: Experimental analysis of the decline in the regenerative capacity during development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  Filoni, Sergio ^a   Bernardini, Sergio ^a   Cannata, Stefano M ^a   D'Alessio, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORNEA CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LENS; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031194382     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8598     Document Type: Article

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