Connective tissue cells, but not muscle cells, are involved in establishing the proximo-distal outcome of limb regeneration in the axolotl

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 513-518

  Nacu, Eugen ^a,b   Glausch, Mareen ^a   Le, Huy Quang ^a   Damanik, Febriyani Fiain Rochel ^a   Schuez, Maritta ^a   Knapp, Dunja ^a,b   Khattak, Shahryar ^a,b   Richter, Tobias ^b   Tanaka, Elly M ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Limb; MEIS; Muscle; Proximo distal; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMERUS; LIMB REGENERATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELLS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84872078327     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.081752     Document Type: Article

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