Deer antler regeneration: A stem cell-based epimorphic process

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-62

  Li, Chunyi ^a,b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals   (China)

Author keywords

Antler regeneration; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANTLER REGENERATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN; STEM CELL BASED EPIMORPHIC PROCESS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PERIOSTEUM; REGENERATION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859130975     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21000     Document Type: Review

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