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XB-PERS-2910
Name: Dr. Takeo Kubo
Position: Professor
Research Description:
Tail regeneration in Xenopus tadpoles, Molecular Basis of Animal Organ Regeneration Our research group at the University of Tokyo found that a particular gene, interleukin-11, functions as a key factor in inducing and maintaining undifferentiated cells when tadpoles regenerate their tail. This work was published in Nature Communications (Online Edition) in 2017
Contact Information
Address:
Graduate School of Science
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Tokyo
Tokyo
Japan
Web Page: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/a_00578.html