The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration

Many regenerative animals form an outgrowth at wound sites called a blastema. Here the authors identify equinox, which is expressed in the planarian wound epidermis and essential to initiate positional information regeneration and blastema formation.

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Main Authors: M. Lucila Scimone, Jennifer K. Cloutier, Chloe L. Maybrun, Peter W. Reddien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30412-6
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author M. Lucila Scimone
Jennifer K. Cloutier
Chloe L. Maybrun
Peter W. Reddien
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description Many regenerative animals form an outgrowth at wound sites called a blastema. Here the authors identify equinox, which is expressed in the planarian wound epidermis and essential to initiate positional information regeneration and blastema formation.
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spelling doaj.art-a677bf6ad78d448dbcd4ee70733049b62022-12-22T02:34:49ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-05-0113111310.1038/s41467-022-30412-6The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regenerationM. Lucila Scimone0Jennifer K. Cloutier1Chloe L. Maybrun2Peter W. Reddien3Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWhitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchWhitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMany regenerative animals form an outgrowth at wound sites called a blastema. Here the authors identify equinox, which is expressed in the planarian wound epidermis and essential to initiate positional information regeneration and blastema formation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30412-6
spellingShingle M. Lucila Scimone
Jennifer K. Cloutier
Chloe L. Maybrun
Peter W. Reddien
The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
Nature Communications
title The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
title_full The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
title_fullStr The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
title_full_unstemmed The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
title_short The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
title_sort planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30412-6
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