A thrombospondin in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis is associated with the nervous system and upregulated during regeneration

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-226

  Tucker, Richard P ^a   Hess, John F ^a   Gong, Qizhi ^a   Garvey, Katrina ^a   Shibata, Bradley ^a   Adams, Josephine C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Extracellular matrix; Glycocalyx; Mesoglea; Nervous system; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965014024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20123103     Document Type: Article

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