Planarian stem cells: A simple paradigm for regeneration

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 304-311

  Aboobaker, A Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 79955544013     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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