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Systemic bud induction and retinoic acid signaling underlie whole body regeneration in the urochorda...

Systemic bud induction and retinoic acid signaling underlie whole body regeneration in the urochorda...

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Systemic bud induction and retinoic acid signaling underlie whole body regeneration in the urochordate Botrylloides leachi

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Systemic bud induction and retinoic acid signaling underlie whole body regeneration in the urochordate Botrylloides leachi

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PLoS biology, 2007-04, Vol.5 (4), p.e71-e71

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Regeneration in adult chordates is confined to a few model cases and terminates in restoration of restricted tissues and organs. Here, we study the unique phenomenon of whole body regeneration (WBR) in the colonial urochordate Botrylloides leachi in which an entire adult zooid is restored from a miniscule blood vessel fragment. In contrast to all o...

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Systemic bud induction and retinoic acid signaling underlie whole body regeneration in the urochordate Botrylloides leachi

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292225380

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1292225380

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1545-7885,1544-9173

E-ISSN

1545-7885

DOI

10.1371/journal.pbio.0050071

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