Muscle functions as a connective tissue and source of extracellular matrix in planarians

How the cellular source of positional information compares across regenerative animals is unclear. Here, the authors find that planarian muscle, which harbours positional information, acts as a connective tissue by being a major site of matrisome gene expression and by maintaining tissue architectur...

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Main Authors: Lauren E. Cote, Eric Simental, Peter W. Reddien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09539-6