Positional Information Is Reprogrammed in Blastema Cells of the Regenerating Limb of the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  McCusker, Catherine D ^a   Gardiner, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; BLASTEMA CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HOXA 13 GENE; HOXA 9 GENE; LIMB REGENERATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TBX4 GENE; TBX5 GENE;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; REGENERATION;

EID: 84884679076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077064     Document Type: Article

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