The history and enduring contributions of planarians to the study of animal regeneration

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-326

  Elliott, Sarah A ^a,b   Sánchez Alvarado, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; NETRIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR; BLASTEMA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO POLARITY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTORY; IRRADIATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TURBELLARIA; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; PLANARIANS; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84886300075     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.82     Document Type: Review

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