Hydractinia, a pioneering model for stem cell biology and reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6-8, 2012, Pages 519-534

  Plickert, Günter ^a   Frank, Uri ^b   Müller, Werner A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydra; Hydractinia; iPSC; Nanos; Piwi; Podocoryne; Transdifferentiation; Vasa; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MUTANT; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HEAD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HYDRACTINIA; HYDROZOA; INTERSTITIAL CELL (STEM CELL); MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEMATOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYP (CNIDARIAN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STINGING CELL; SUPERNUMERARY TENTACLE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GERM CELLS; HYDRA; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; HYDRA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDROIDA; PODOCORYNE;

EID: 84864434427     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.123502gp     Document Type: Article

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