Abstract
Hydra experimentally depleted of all nerve cells and nerve stem cells (interstitial cells) demonstrate normal polarity reversal. Thus hydra epithelial cells are capable of controlling complex developmental patterning phenomena.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cell Differentiation
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Colchicine / pharmacology
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Epithelial Cells
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Epithelium / physiology
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Hydra / cytology
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Hydra / physiology*
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Neurosecretory Systems / physiology*
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Regeneration