Isolation of a neurosecretory substance which stimulates RNA synthesis in regenerating planarians.
An approach to the isolation of neurosecretory material from planarians is described. This material stimulated RNA synthesis, in a dose-dependent response, in regenerating Dugesia tigrina. The data support the concept that neurosecretion plays a key role in the process of regeneration in planarians.
D000818:Animals; D009489:Neurosecretion; D010932:Planarians / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012038:Regeneration; D014419:Turbellaria / Q000502:physiology*; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism
D012313:RNA; D014529:Uridine