Regeneration and gene regulation in planarians

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 492-496

  Agata, Kiyokazu ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN DJNLG; PROTEIN DJOTXA; PROTEIN DJSYT; PROTEIN PC2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGENERATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; EYE REGENERATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

INVERTEBRATA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0141561872     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2003.08.009     Document Type: Review

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