The planarian neoblast: The rambling history of its origin and some current black boxes

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 19-37

  Baguñà, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Neoblast; Planarian; Stem cell; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; BODY SIZE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO CELL; GERM CELL; GROWTH; HISTORY; INJECTION; IRRADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; STEM CELL; THEORY; TISSUE INJURY; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; PLANARIANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84859145480     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.113463jb     Document Type: Article

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