Gene expression patterns specific to the regenerating limb of the Mexican axolotl

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 937-948

  Monaghan, James R ^a   Athippozhy, Antony ^b,c   Seifert, Ashley W ^a   Putta, Sri ^b,c   Stromberg, Arnold J ^b   Maden, Malcolm ^a   Gardiner, David M ^d   Voss, S Randal ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Limb; Regeneration; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964866468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20121594     Document Type: Article

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