TOR signaling regulates planarian stem cells and controls localized and organismal growth

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1657-1665

  Peiris, T Harshani ^a   Weckerle, Frank ^a   Ozamoto, Elyse ^a   Ramirez, Daniel ^a   Davidian, Devon ^a   García Ojeda, Marcos E ^a   Oviedo, Néstor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Planarian; Regeneration; Stem cells; TOR

Indexed keywords

DNA; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; PLANARIANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

PLANARIA;

EID: 84863089665     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.104711     Document Type: Article

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