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Rachid El Bejjani1, Marc Hammarlund.
Abstract
Axon regeneration is a medically relevant process that can repair damaged neurons. This review describes current progress in understanding axon regeneration in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Factors that regulate axon regeneration in C. elegans have broadly similar roles in vertebrate neurons. This means that using C. elegans as a tool to leverage discovery is a legitimate strategy for identifying conserved mechanisms of axon regeneration.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22974301 PMCID: PMC3700416 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155550
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Genet ISSN: 0066-4197 Impact factor: 16.830