Hydra, a fruitful model system for 270 years

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6-8, 2012, Pages 411-423

  Galliot, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developmental reactivation; Environment; Historical perspective; Hydra regeneration; Modeling; Multipotency; Stemness; Symbiosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDRA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYP (CNIDARIAN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOMATIC STEM CELL; STEM CELL; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HYDRA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HYDRA;

EID: 84864429056     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.120086bg     Document Type: Review

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