Difference between dorsal and ventral iris in lens producing potency in normal lens regeneration is maintained after dissociation and reaggregation of cells from the adult newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Okamoto, Mitsumasa ^a   Ito, Mayumi ^a   Owaribe, Katsushi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Lens; Newt; Reaggregate; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRIFUGATION; DISSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; LENS; LENSECTOMY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; INSECTA; SALAMANDRIDAE; WOLFFIA;

EID: 0031941035     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-5-00002.x     Document Type: Article

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