An RNAi Screen Reveals Intestinal Regulators of Branching Morphogenesis, Differentiation, and Stem Cell Proliferation in Planarians

Developmental Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 691-704

  Forsthoefel, David J ^a   James, Noëlle P ^a   Escobar, David J ^a   Stary, Joel M ^b   Vieira, Ana P ^a   Waters, Forrest A ^a   Newmark, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL NICHE; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MORPHOGENESIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANARIANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84867686201     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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