Combining classical and molecular approaches elaborates on the complexity of mechanisms underpinning anterior regeneration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Deborah J ^a   Owlarn, Suthira ^a   Romero, Belen Tejada ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Aboobaker, A Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECTOPIC BRAIN; ECTOPIC ORGAN; GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PTC GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMED GENE; STEM CELL; TAIL; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HEAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; TIME; TURBELLARIA; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; PLANARIA;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHARYNX; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; S PHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 81355136060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027927     Document Type: Article

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