The core apoptotic executioner proteins CED-3 and CED-4 promote initiation of neuronal regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans.

A critical accomplishment in the rapidly developing field of regenerative medicine will be the ability to foster repair of neurons severed by injury, disease, or microsurgery. In C. elegans, individual visualized axons can be laser-cut in vivo and neuronal responses to damage can be monitored to dec...

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Main Authors: Berangere Pinan-Lucarre, Christopher V Gabel, Christopher P Reina, S Elizabeth Hulme, Sergey S Shevkoplyas, R Daniel Slone, Jian Xue, Yujie Qiao, Sarah Weisberg, Kevin Roodhouse, Lin Sun, George M Whitesides, Aravinthan Samuel, Monica Driscoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3358320?pdf=render