Platyhelminthes have a Hox code differentially activated during regeneration, with genes closely related to those of spiralian protostomes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 467-473

  Bayascas, José Ramón ^a   Castillo, Estela ^a,b   Saló, Emili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Hox genes; Planarian; Progenesis; Regeneration; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO AXIS; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SPIRALIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031790406     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050204     Document Type: Article

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