Molecular and cellular aspects of planarian regeneration

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-383

  Agata, Kiyokazu ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Commitment, planarian, post transcriptional regulation, regeneration, stem cell

Indexed keywords

PLANARIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; RNA HELICASE;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0033173434     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0324     Document Type: Article

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