Survey of the differences between regenerative and non-regenerative animals

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-152

  Agata, Kiyokazu ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Regeneration; Regenerative ability; Reprogramming; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; AUTOTOMY; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BRAIN REGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CNIDARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DROSOPHILA; EARTHWORM; ECDYSOZOA; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE REGENERATION; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JELLYFISH; LIMB REGENERATION; LIZARD; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TAIL; TISSUE REPAIR; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CHORDATA; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 84857506183     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01323.x     Document Type: Review

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