TORC1 is required to balance cell proliferation and cell death in planarians

Developmental Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-469

  Tu, Kimberly C ^a,b   Pearson, Bret J ^c,d,e   Sánchez Alvarado, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell death; Planaria; Regeneration; Stem cells; TOR

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TORC1; RAPTOR PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84859998218     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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