Hedgehog signaling regulates gene expression in planarian glia

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue September2016, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Irving E ^a,b,c   Lapan, Sylvain W ^a,b   Scimone, M Lucila ^a,b   Clandinin, Thomas R ^c   Reddien, Peter W ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; PLANARIANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84991327487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.16996     Document Type: Article

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