Cell differentiation and cell fate during urodele tail and limb regeneration

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-501

  Tanaka, Elly M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; AMPUTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIMB REGENERATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL; TAIL REGENERATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141785177     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2003.08.003     Document Type: Review

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