The planarian flatworm: An in vivo model for stem cell biology and nervous system regeneration

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Gentile, Luca ^a   Cebrià, Francesc ^b   Bartscherer, Kerstin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NETRIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT STEM CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HEAD; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TAIL; TERATOMA; TURBELLARIA; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANARIANS; RESEARCH; STEM CELLS;

BILATERIA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 78650873849     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.006692     Document Type: Review

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