β-Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis
β-Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis
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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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After amputation, freshwater planarians properly regenerate a head or tail from the resulting anterior or posterior wound. The mechanisms that differentiate anterior from posterior and direct the replacement of the appropriate missing body parts are unknown. We found that in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, RNA interference (RNAi) of β-catenin...
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β-Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2755502
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2755502
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1150029
