Comparative RNA-seq Analysis in the Unsequenced Axolotl: The Oncogene Burst Highlights Early Gene Expression in the Blastema

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Ron ^a   Rascón, Cynthia Alexander ^b   Tian, Shulan ^a   Nie, Jeff ^a   Barry, Chris ^a   Chu, Li Fang ^a   Ardalani, Hamisha ^c   Wagner, Ryan J ^a   Probasco, Mitchell D ^a   Bolin, Jennifer M ^a   Leng, Ning ^d   Sengupta, Srikumar ^a   Volkmer, Michael ^e   Habermann, Bianca ^e   Tanaka, Elly M ^b   Thomson, James A ^a,f,g   Dewey, Colin N ^f  

^a Morgridge Institute for Research   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; GENE EXPRESSION;

ANGIOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; CONTIGS; DE NOVO ASSEMBLIES; GENE SETS; GENES EXPRESSION; HUMAN GENES; RNA-SEQ DATUM; TIME COURSE; WOUND HEALING;

RNA;

CONTIG;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SALL GENE; STEM CELL;

EID: 84876007237     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002936     Document Type: Article

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