Retrotransposon long interspersed nucleotide element-1 (LINE-1) is activated during salamander limb regeneration

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 673-685

  Zhu, Wei ^a   Kuo, Dwight ^b   Nathanson, Jason ^b   Satoh, Akira ^c,d   Pao, Gerald M ^a   Yeo, Gene W ^b   Bryant, Susan V ^d   Voss, S Randal ^e   Gardiner, David M ^d   Hunter, Tony ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb; Long interspaced nucleotide element 1; PiRNAs; Regeneration; Salamander

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPUTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; LIMB REGENERATION; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENT 1 GENE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; RETROPOSON; UPREGULATION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; REGENERATION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84866619376     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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