Xotx5b, a new member of the Otx gene family, may be involved in anterior and eye development in Xenopus laevis.

abstract：:ADAMs are multidomain cell surface proteins that function in receptor-ligand processing, cell adhesion and fusion, and signaling. SpADAM, a single copy sea urchin ADAM gene with a 3072 bp open reading frame, is expressed during embryonic and larval development. The deduced SpADAM protein is 1023 amino acids long and i...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Rise M,Burke RD

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila fat facets and canoe genes regulate non-neural cell fate decisions during ommatidium formation. We have shown previously that the FAM (fat facets in mouse) de-ubiquitinating enzyme regulates the function of AF-6, (mammalian canoe homologue), in the MDCK epithelial cell line (Taya et al., 1998. The Ras t...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Kanai-Azuma M,Mattick JS,Kaibuchi K,Wood SA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XLPOU91, a POU-homeobox gene is expressed in a narrow window during early Xenopus development. We show that ectopic expression of XLPOU91 RNA causes severe posterior truncations in embryos without inhibiting the formation of Spemann's organizer. Ectopic XLPOU91 expression also inhibits mesoderm induction by fibroblast...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Henig C,Elias S,Frank D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:dkk-1 has recently been identified as a secreted protein in Xenopus laevis which is sufficient and necessary to cause head induction by antagonizing Wnt signalling (Glinka et al., 1998, Nature 391, 357-362). Consistent with such a role dkk-1 is expressed in the Spemann organizer of the early frog gastrula. Later, expr...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Grotewold L,Theil T,Rüther U

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HNF1 (Hepatic Nuclear Factor 1) and vHNF1 are transcriptional regulators containing a highly divergent homeodomain. The first was initially found in liver nuclear extracts and is crucial for the transcription of albumin and many other hepatocyte specific genes, while the second was found in dedifferentiated hepatoma c...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ott MO,Rey-Campos J,Cereghini S,Yaniv M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized a retroviral promoter-trap insertion into a novel mammalian septin gene, Sep3. Its predicted amino acid sequence shares significant homology to that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC3, CDC10, CDC11, CDC12, the Drosophila genes Pnut, Sep1, Sep2, and the mammalian genes BH5, CDC10, Nedd5, Diff6, and ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Xiong JW,Leahy A,Stuhlmann H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenergic differentiation of sympathetic neurons is controlled by complex interactions with the embryonic environment. To provide a basis for the experimental analysis of these interactions, the expression of the adrenergic marker enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and in situ h...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ernsberger U,Patzke H,Tissier-Seta JP,Reh T,Goridis C,Rohrer H

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present the cloning of a full-length zebrafish pdgfr-alpha cDNA as well as the expression of this gene during zebrafish embryogenesis. We show that zebrafish pdgfr-alpha mRNA is present at high levels in the fertilized egg as well as in all embryonic cells up to the end of gastrulation. Spatially restricted ex...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Liu L,Chong SW,Balasubramaniyan NV,Korzh V,Ge R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a complete staging table of normal development for the lungless salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Terrestrial egg clutches from naturally ovipositing females were collected and maintained at 15 °C in the laboratory. Observations, photographs, and time-lapse movies of embryos were...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Hurney CA,Babcock SK,Shook DR,Pelletier TM,Turner SD,Maturo J,Cogbill S,Snow MC,Kinch K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tribolium castaneum is a well-characterised model insect, whose short germ-band mode of embryonic development is characteristic of many insect species and differs from the exhaustively studied Drosophila. Mechanisms of early neurogenesis, however, show significant conservation with Drosophila, as a characteristic patt...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Kux K,Kiparaki M,Delidakis C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of subtractive and differential hybridization techniques we have identified a novel murine gene (1A13) the expression of which is developmentally regulated in the mouse brain. Comparison of the nucleotide and predicted protein sequence revealed closest relationship of 1A13 to human CoREST, a transcriptional c...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Tontsch S,Zach O,Bauer HC

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the Ror-family receptor tyrosine kinases consist of two structurally related proteins, Ror1 and Ror2, characterized by the extracellular Frizzled-like cysteine-rich domain and membrane proximal kringle domains. As an attempt to gain insights into their roles in mouse development, expression patterns of Ror...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Matsuda T,Nomi M,Ikeya M,Kani S,Oishi I,Terashima T,Takada S,Minami Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pool of beta 1-integrin, ready to be inserted into the cleavage membranes, is present in the cytoplasm of the Xenopus egg, while its plasma membrane is devoid of this membrane protein (Gawantka et al., 1992). The underlying mechanisms that lead to this specific pattern of beta 1-integrin distribution in the egg have...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Müller AH,Gawantka V,Ding X,Hausen P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterizing endogenous protein expression, interaction and function, this study identifies in vivo interactions and competitive balance between N-cadherin and E-cadherin in developing avian (Gallus gallus) neural and neural crest cells. Numerous cadherin proteins, including neural cadherin (Ncad) and epithelial cad...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Rogers CD,Sorrells LK,Bronner ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal liver is the major embryonic hematopoietic organ and is extrinsically colonized by circulating hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Integrin beta-1 expression on HSCs is crucial for colonization, suggesting that interaction of Integrin beta-1 with extra-cellular matrix (ECM) factors promotes HSC adherence to fetal l...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Sugiyama D,Kulkeaw K,Mizuochi C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of RNAs at the vegetal cortex in Xenopus oocytes is a complex process, involving at least two different pathways. The early, or messenger transport organizer (METRO), pathway, localizes RNAs such as Xlsirts, Xcat2 and Xwnt11 during stages 1 and 2 of oogenesis, while the late pathway localizes RNAs suc...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Kloc M,Etkin LD

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sea urchin development, micromere descendants play important roles in skeletogenesis and induction of gastrulation. We previously reported that the T-brain homolog of sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, HpTb expresses specifically in micromere descendants and is required for induction of gastrulation and skeleto...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ochiai H,Sakamoto N,Momiyama A,Akasaka K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many animals, germline progenitors are kept undifferentiated to give rise to germline stem cells (GSCs), enabling continuous production of gametes throughout animal life. In the Drosophila ovary, GSCs arise from a subset of primordial germ cells (PGCs) that stay undifferentiated even after gametogenesis has started...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Matsuoka S,Hiromi Y,Asaoka M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins involved in signal transduction and cell adhesion are characterized by the presence of an extracellular domain with repeated copies of a leucine-rich motif (LRR). Here we report the isolation and characterization of a novel gene, tlr (for Toll-like receptor), which encodes a protein containing multiple L...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Chiang C,Beachy PA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-cell interactions during embryogenesis have been shown to be important for establishing developmental fates in a number of organisms such as Drosophila and Caenorhabditis. One class of genes shown to mediate this process are receptor-protein tyrosine kinases (R-PTKs). To examine whether R-PTKs might participate i...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Ruiz JC,Robertson EJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Extramacrochaetae (emc) gene encodes a transcription factor with an HLH domain without the basic region involved in interaction with DNA present in other proteins that have this domain. EMC forms heterodimers with bHLH proteins preventing their binding to DNA, acting as a negative regulator. The function of emc is...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Baonza A,García-Bellido A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in Na/K-ATPase activity occur concurrently with the onset of cavitation and are associated with increases in Na(+)-pump subunit mRNA and protein expression. We have hypothesized that the alpha1-isozyme of the Na/K-ATPase is required to mediate blastocyst formation. We have tested this hypothesis by character...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Barcroft LC,Moseley AE,Lingrel JB,Watson AJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transgenic sequences in the mouse line TKZ751 are demethylated on a DBA/2 inbred strain background but become highly methylated at postimplantation stages in offspring of a cross with a BALB/c female. In the reciprocal cross the transgene remains demethylated suggesting that imprinted BALB/c methylation modifiers ...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Pickard B,Dean W,Engemann S,Bergmann K,Fuermann M,Jung M,Reis A,Allen N,Reik W,Walter J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medaka is an ideal model system for developmental studies as it combines the advantages of powerful genetics and classical embryology. Due to the accessibility, transparency and fast development, embryogenesis and morphogenesis can be followed in vivo. Microscopic time-lapse imaging, however, requires the immobilizati...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Rembold M,Wittbrodt J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeobox genes regulate multiple aspects of mouse development including the axial patterning in the central nervous system. Some of the more divergent members of this gene family are expressed in the anterior region of the central nervous system where the Hox genes are not expressed. We previously reported the isolati...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Lu S,Wise TL,Ruddle FH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids, in addition to being structural components of cell membranes, can act as signaling molecules. Bioactive lipids, such as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), may act intracellularly as second messengers or be secreted and act as intercellular signaling molecules. Such molecules can aff...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Renault AD,Starz-Gaiano M,Lehmann R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is an epigenetic mechanism that occurs in the eutherian embryo development to equalize the dosage of X-linked genes between males and females. This event is regulated by various factors, and the genes located in the X-chromosome inactivation center (XIC), which is known to be an evoluti...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Hwang JY,Oh JN,Park CH,Lee DK,Lee CK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortactin is a Src substrate that interacts with F-actin and can stimulate actin polymerization by direct interaction with the Arp2/3 complex. We have isolated complete loss-of-function mutants of the single Drosophila cortactin gene. Mutants are viable and fertile, showing that cortactin is not an essential gene. How...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Somogyi K,Rørth P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During heart development, cells of the endocardial cushions undergo an epithelial-mesenchymal transformation and migrate into the surrounding extracellular matrix. This event is required for the normal formation of valves and chamber septation. Coincident with this phenotypic change is the expression of the serine pro...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Majka SM,McGuire PG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt-4 signaling plays a critical role in kidney development and is associated with the epithelial conversion of the metanephric mesenchyme. Furthermore, secreted Frizzled-related proteins (sFRPs) that can bind Wnts are normally expressed in the developing metanephros, and function in other systems as modulators of Wnt...

journal_title：Mechanisms of development

authors： Yoshino K,Rubin JS,Higinbotham KG,Uren A,Anest V,Plisov SY,Perantoni AO

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00