Beta-catenin and axis formation in planarians

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Meinhardt, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Body axes; Organizing regions; Pattern formation; Planarians; Regeneration; Tissue polarity

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CELL POLARITY; CELL RENEWAL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; GENE SILENCING; HYDRA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

TURBELLARIA;

EID: 59849089164     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.080193     Document Type: Article

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