Engrailed-1 misexpression in chick embryos prevents apical ridge formation but preserves segregation of dorsal and ventral ectodermal compartments.

abstract：:Tbx18 has been shown to be essential for ureteral development. However, it remains unclear whether it plays a direct role in kidney development. Here we addressed this by focusing on examining the pattern and contribution of Tbx18+ cells in the kidney and its role in kidney vascular development. Expression studies and...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Xu J,Nie X,Cai X,Cai CL,Xu PX

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hedgehog proteins have been implicated in the control of myogenesis in the medial vertebrate somite. In the mouse, normal epaxial expression of the myogenic transcription factor gene myf5 is dependent on Sonic hedgehog. Here we examine in zebrafish the interaction between Hedgehog signals, the expression of myoD famil...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Coutelle O,Blagden CS,Hampson R,Halai C,Rigby PW,Hughes SM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During early vertebrate development, members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) family play important roles in a variety of processes, including germ layer specification, patterning, cell differentiation, migration, and organogenesis. The activities of TGFbetas need to be tightly controlled to ensure the...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Chang C,Eggen BJ,Weinstein DC,Brivanlou AH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper patterning and growth of oral structures including teeth, tongue, and palate rely on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions involving coordinated regulation of signal transduction. Understanding molecular mechanisms underpinning oral-facial development will provide novel insights into the etiology of common congen...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Lin C,Fisher AV,Yin Y,Maruyama T,Veith GM,Dhandha M,Huang GJ,Hsu W,Ma L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results have demonstrated the occurrence of mRNA cap methylation in the sea urchin embryo following fertilization. It has been suggested that this methylation event is responsible for the translational activation of maternal histone mRNAs in these embryos. We have used aphidicolin, an effective inhibitor of bot...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Showman RM,Leaf DS,Anstrom JA,Raff RA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outgrowth of motor axons to the developing pectoral fin of the Japanese medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) was investigated both in wildtype embryos and in the pectoral finless (pl) mutants in which adults are missing pectoral fins. Late in embryogenesis the pectoral fin is a simple limb which contains two antagonist m...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Okamoto H,Kuwada JY

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte maturation in mouse is associated with a dramatic reorganisation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) from a network of cytoplasmic accumulations in the germinal vesicle-stage oocyte (GV) to a network of distinctive cortical clusters in the metaphase II egg (MII). Multiple lines of evidence suggest that this redis...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： FitzHarris G,Marangos P,Carroll J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spore germination is a defined developmental process that marks a critical point in the life cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum. Upon germination the environmental conditions must be conducive to cell growth to ensure survival of emerged amoebae. However, the signal transduction pathways controlling the various aspects...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Zinda MJ,Singleton CK

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate morphology has been evolutionarily modified by natural and/or artificial selection. The morphological variation of goldfish is a representative example. In particular, the twin-tail strain of ornamental goldfish shows highly diverged anal and caudal fin morphology: bifurcated anal and caudal fins. Recent mo...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Abe G,Ota KG

更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is believed to play a role in the regulation of brain growth. The identity of cells responsible for its synthesis in the immature brain, however, has not been established. To identify potential sites of IGF-1 synthesis, in situ hybridization has been utilized to localize IGF-1 mRNA...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bartlett WP,Li XS,Williams M,Benkovic S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide growth factors can initiate changes in cell fate in Xenopus ectodermal explants and induce the formation of mesoderm. Marker genes expressed in mesoderm allow the analysis of whether, or how much, induction has occurred, but do not tell us what molecules are involved in carrying out the response. In this repor...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Vize PD

更新日期：1996-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We wish to identify genes involved in mediating early lineage decisions in the mouse embryo. F9 teratocarcinoma cells treated with retinoic acid (RA) in suspension culture develop into embryoid bodies (EBs) with an outer layer of visceral endoderm. In order to identify genes that are involved in establishing this extr...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Labosky PA,Weir MP,Grabel LB

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation-based assays were used to test whether the myogenic regulatory factor (MRF) of Ciona intestinalis (CiMRF) interferes with endogenous developmental programs, and to evaluate the importance of its unusual N-terminus for muscle development. We found that CiMRF suppresses both notochord and endoderm develo...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Ratcliffe LE,Asiedu EK,Pickett CJ,Warburton MA,Izzi SA,Meedel TH

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:nautilus (nau), one member of the myogenic regulatory family of bHLH-encoding genes, is expressed in a subset of muscle precursors and differentiated fibers in the Drosophila embryo. To elucidate the role of nautilus in myogenesis, we have misexpressed it using the GAL4-targeted system. We find that ectopic expression...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Keller CA,Erickson MS,Abmayr SM

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian Cone-rod homeobox (Crx) gene is a divergent member of the Otx gene family known to be involved in differentiation and survival of retinal photoreceptors and photoentrainment of circadian rhythms. Zebrafish have two genes in the Otx5/crx orthology class, and we previously showed that crx can transactivate...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Shen YC,Raymond PA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified cDNA clones encoding a testis-specific poly(A) polymerase, termed TPAP, a candidate molecule responsible for cytoplasmic polyadenylation of preexisting mRNAs in male haploid germ cells. The TPAP gene was most abundantly expressed coincident with the additional elongation of mRNA poly(A) tails in rou...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kashiwabara S,Zhuang T,Yamagata K,Noguchi J,Fukamizu A,Baba T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large steady electrical currents traverse Drosophila follicles in vitro as well as permeabilized eggs. During the period of main follicle growth (stages 9-11), these currents enter the anterior or nurse cell end of the follicles. This inward current acts like a sodium ion influx with some calcium involvement. During t...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Overall R,Jaffe LF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have phenotypically and molecularly analyzed the cutlet locus in Drosophila. Homozygous cutlet flies exhibit abnormal development of a subset of adult tissues, including the eye, wing, and ovary. We show that abnormal development of these tissues is due to a defect in normal cell growth. Surprisingly, cell growth i...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Jaffe AB,Jongens TA

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have investigated the role of tyrosine kinase activity during early retinal development in Xenopus laevis. The protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors lavendustin A and genistein were used to determine the possible role of tyrosine kinase activity during retinal development in vivo and in vit...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Li M,Babenko NA,Sakaguchi DS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polypeptide labeling patterns of somatic cells, gonidia (asexual reproductive cells), embryos, and juvenile spheroids of Volvox carteri cultures synchronized by a light/dark cycle were studied as a function of developmental stage and incubation condition. Specimens were exposed to 35SO=4 for 1-hr periods at select...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kirk DL,Kirk MM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial sheet movement is an essential morphogenetic process during mouse embryonic eyelid closure in which Mitogen-Activated Protein 3 Kinase 1 (MAP3K1) and c-Jun play a critical role. Here we show that MAP3K1 associates with the cytoskeleton, activates Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and actin polymerization, and pro...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Meng Q,Mongan M,Wang J,Tang X,Zhang J,Kao W,Xia Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured cells obtained from developing chick heart valvular and septal primordial tissues (cardiac cushions) and myocardium were tested for their capacity to bind, internalize, and degrade hyaluronate. A presumptive lysosomal hyaluronidase capable of hyaluronate degradation has been previously isolated and partially ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bernanke DH,Orkin RW

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early (alpha) histone genes are one of several histone gene families in the sea urchin genome. They are expressed at high levels in blastula-stage embryos and are inactivated by the early gastrula stage. By microinjecting mutant early H2B genes into sea urchin zygotes and monitoring their transcriptional activity in b...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bell J,Char BR,Maxson R

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the pathway of 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) during oogenesis in Xenopus from its storage in the cytoplasm to incorporation into ribosomes in the nucleus. Ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP) assembly assays reveal striking differences in the behavior of oocyte-type and somatic-type 5S rRNA after microinjection into ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Allison LA,North MT,Neville LA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental feature of cartilage differentiation in the developing limb is the formation of a prechondrogenic cell condensation. An apparently similar process of prechondrogenic cell aggregation occurs in micromass cultures of limb bud mesenchyme with the formation of cellular aggregates which often differentiate in...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Cottrill CP,Archer CW,Wolpert L

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fertilization potential in Phallusia mammillata consisted of an initial rapid depolarization. This initial sperm-triggered depolarization was followed by a phase of membrane depolarization which was of either long or short duration, depending on the eggs. When of long duration, the phase of membrane depolarization...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Goudeau H,Goudeau M,Guibourt N

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development of the central nervous system (CNS), commissural axons grow toward the ventral midline. After crossing the floor plate, they abruptly change their trajectory from the circumferential to the longitudinal axis. The contacts between the commissural axons and the floor plate cells are involved in this a...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Okabe N,Shimizu K,Ozaki-Kuroda K,Nakanishi H,Morimoto K,Takeuchi M,Katsumaru H,Murakami F,Takai Y

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric nervous system (ENS) of the larval moth Manduca sexta consists of two small ganglia and several nerve networks that lie superficially along the alimentary tract. Within this system are approximately 600 neurons that exhibit a spectrum of biochemical and morphological characteristics and that express these ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Copenhaver PF,Taghert PH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic gene control is involved in mechanisms of development. Little is known about the cooperation of nuclear and chromatin events in programmed differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESC). To address this, Oct3/4-positive ESC and differentiated progenies, Sox1-positive neural precursor cells (NPC) and ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Aoto T,Saitoh N,Ichimura T,Niwa H,Nakao M

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the NF1 gene may cause developmental abnormalities and the formation of a variety of tumors of neural crest origin in humans. The NF1 gene codes for a large protein, neurofibromin (nf), which is structurally and functionally related to yeast and human ras-GTPase-activating proteins (ras-GAPs). Recently, t...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Huynh DP,Nechiporuk T,Pulst SM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00