Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Regeneration processes employ a series of differentiative events related to various embryonicmorphogenetic phenomena in which the cytoskeleton plays a fundamental role. Planarians are anexcellent model to study development mechanism because they show an exceptional physiologicalmorphogenetic plasticity that is also at the basis of their extraordinary regenerative ability. In thispaper we discuss results concerning two cytoskeleton components, actin and tubulin, duringmorphogenetic processes of the planarian Schmidtea polychroa. Comparative studies on cytoskeletonfunction during morphogenetic processes in evolutionary-distant animal models can offer importantnew insights in the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
Source: Invertebrate survival journal
Authors: A Fagotti, F Simoncelli, I Di Rosa, R Pascolini
Institution: University of Perugia
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1544668337