Oviedo Néstor J, Nicolas Cindy L, Adams Dany S, Levin Michael
Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Forsyth Institute and Developmental Biology Department, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
CSH Protoc. 2008 Oct 1;2008:pdb.emo101. doi: 10.1101/pdb.emo101.
INTRODUCTIONIn recent years, planarians have been increasingly recognized as an emerging model organism amenable to molecular genetic techniques aimed at understanding complex biological tasks commonly observed among metazoans. Growing evidence suggests that this model organism is uniquely poised to inform us about the mechanisms of tissue regeneration, stem cell regulation, tissue turnover, pharmacological action of diverse drugs, cancer, and aging. This article provides an overview of the planarian model system with special attention to the species Schmidtea mediterranea. Additionally, information is provided about the most popular use of this organism, together with modern genomic resources and technical approaches.
引言
近年来,涡虫越来越被公认为是一种新兴的模式生物,适用于旨在理解后生动物中常见复杂生物学任务的分子遗传学技术。越来越多的证据表明,这种模式生物能独特地为我们提供有关组织再生、干细胞调控、组织更新、各种药物的药理作用、癌症和衰老机制的信息。本文概述了涡虫模式系统,特别关注地中海涡虫这一物种。此外,还提供了关于这种生物最常见用途的信息,以及现代基因组资源和技术方法。