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Adenylate cyclase (AC) was localized ultracytochemically in certain tissues of the regenerating planarian Dugesia lugubris. Studies were carried out from one hour after injury up to the 5th day of regeneration. It was found that the greatest amount of active AC appears during the initial hours of regeneration in the membranes of the muscle cells near the wound, in the epithelial cells surrounding the wound, and in rhabdite-forming cells and neoblasts.
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Morawska, E., Moraczewski, J., Malczewska, M. et al. Adenylate cyclase in regenerating tissues of the planarian Dugesia lugubris (O. Schmidt). Hydrobiologia 84, 209–212 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026182
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