Initiation of limb regeneration: The critical steps for regenerative capacity

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Blastema; Limb regeneration; Scar formation; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMPHIBIA; BLASTEMA; FINGER; LIMB REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 36549041410     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2007.00973.x     Document Type: Review

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