egr-4, a target of EGFR signaling, is required for the formation of the brain primordia and head regeneration in planarians

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1835-1847

  Fraguas, Susanna ^a   Barberán, Sara ^a   Iglesias, Marta ^a   Rodríguez Esteban, Gustavo ^a   Cebrià, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early growth response genes; Patterning; Planarian

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TURBELLARIA; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE GENES; PATTERNING; PLANARIAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANARIANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REGENERATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899624446     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.101345     Document Type: Article

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