A comparative study of gland cells implicated in the nerve dependence of salamander limb regeneration

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-25

  Kumar, Anoop ^a   Nevill, Graham ^b   Brockes, Jeremy P ^a   Forge, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Blastema; Leydig cell; Newt

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEWT ANTERIOR GRADIENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LEYDIG CELL; LIMB REGENERATION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SKIN GLAND; UPREGULATION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE REGENERATION; PROTEINS; REGENERATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77954091164     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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