Expression of a retinal homeobox (Rx) gene during planarian regeneration

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1113-1117

  Mannini, Linda ^a   Deri, Paolo ^a   Picchi, Jacopo ^a   Batistoni, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye; Paired class homebox gene; Planarian; Regeneration; Rx

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TAIL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DUGESIA JAPONICA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANARIANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGENERATION; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 61449342190     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082616lm     Document Type: Article

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