Effects Of Interrupted Signals From Muscle Cells On Regeneration In Planarians (IMAGE)

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Effects Of Interrupted Signals From Muscle Cells On Regeneration In Planarians

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Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that a subtype of muscle fibers in planarians (top, wild type) is required for triggering the activity of genes that initiate the regeneration program. When these muscle fibers are removed, regeneration fails to proceed (middle and bottom).

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Lucila Scimone/Whitehead Institute.

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