The exceptional stem cell system of Macrostomum lignano: Screening for gene expression and studying cell proliferation by hydroxyurea treatment and irradiation

Daniela Pfister¹ , Katrien De Mulder¹^,2 , Isabelle Philipp¹ , Georg Kuales¹ , Martina Hrouda¹ , Paul Eichberger³ , Gaetan Borgonie² , Volker Hartenstein⁴ and Peter Ladurner¹

¹Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck. Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

²Department of Biology, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

³Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Medical University Innsbruck. Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

⁴Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

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Frontiers in Zoology 2007, 4:9doi:10.1186/1742-9994-4-9


Published:	9 March 2007

Additional files

Additional File 1:

Selected genes for pilot in situ screen. The table shows a list of genes that were selected for the pilot in situ screen including the clone numbers from the M. lignano EST project.

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Orthology of macpiwi. Alignment of macpiwi with different piwi genes characterized in other flatworms.

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Subtraction library clone list. Clone list from the subtraction library, containing clone name, length (bp), accession number, top ten BLAST homology, score, E value and the assigned category.

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