Lens regeneration in axolotl: New evidence of developmental plasticity

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Suetsugu Maki, Rinako ^a,b   Maki, Nobuyasu ^a,b   Nakamura, Kenta ^a,c   Sumanas, Saulius ^d   Zhu, Jie ^e   Del Rio Tsonis, Katia ^e   Tsonis, Panagiotis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Lens; Plasticity; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANURA; DANIO RERIO; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; LARVA; LENS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEAD; LARVA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REGENERATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870980236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-103     Document Type: Article

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