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SUBMITTER: Cheng LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750087 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheng Li-Chun LC Tu Kimberly C KC Seidel Chris W CW Robb Sofia M C SMC Guo Fengli F Sánchez Alvarado Alejandro A
Developmental biology 20171031 2
The epidermis is essential for animal survival, providing both a protective barrier and cellular sensor to external environments. The generally conserved embryonic origin of the epidermis, but the broad morphological and functional diversity of this organ across animals is puzzling. We define the transcriptional regulators underlying epidermal lineage differentiation in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, an invertebrate organism that, unlike fruitflies and nematodes, continuously replaces its ...[more]