Scar-Free Wound Healing and Regeneration Following Tail Loss in the Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1575-1595

  Delorme, Stephanie Lynn ^a   Lungu, Ilinca Mihaela ^a   Vickaryous, Matthew Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Autotomy; Lizard; Regeneration; Scar free; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; GELATINASE B; KERATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; WOUND HEALING;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; CICATRIX; LIZARDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGENERATION; TAIL; WOUND HEALING;

EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; SAURURACEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84866181625     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22490     Document Type: Article

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