Abstract:
:When an amphibian limb, cockroach leg or Drosophila imaginal disc is subjected to a surgical operation, it is capable of regenerating or duplicating certain parts. Although the structure of the regenerated tissue varies depending on the location and mass of the amputated or transplanted part, it can be predicted from a set of formal rules, called the polar coordinate model [French et al., (1976) Science 193, 969-983; Bryant et al., (1981) Science 212, 993-1002]. In the polar coordinate model, it is assumed (and experimentally proven) that the juxtaposition of normally non-adjacent cells stimulates cell proliferation locally, which implies that the underlying mechanism which gives positional values to each cell, is also responsible for the control of cell growth. Because locally activated proliferation alters the shape and size of the developmental field, the question of how to control the cell growth is the central problem in the regeneration of the limbs and imaginal discs. In this paper, I propose a possible underlying mechanism for the 'polar coordinate rules', and show how this mechanistic model explains the experimental results using computer simulation. The proposed mechanism is an extension of Turing's model (1952). In addition to the reaction-diffusion of the molecules, cell proliferation is taken into consideration. With appropriate initial conditions, the computer simulation shows that a small mass of cells grows up to form a mature limb, and that the mature limb is able to respond to surgical operations as predicted by the polar coordinate model.
journal_name
Mech Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of developmentauthors
Kondo Sdoi
10.1016/0925-4773(92)90043-jsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-12-01 00:00:00pages
161-70issue
3eissn
0925-4773issn
1872-6356pii
0925-4773(92)90043-Jjournal_volume
39pub_type
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
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更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
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doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00512-8
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00335-x
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
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更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00269-5
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2015.05.002
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2007.12.004
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2016.10.001
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00549-4
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00150-1
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(95)00449-1
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2004.05.018
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(95)00367-3
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0925-4773(94)00313-c
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2013.02.003
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00456-2
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2008.10.010
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(98)00079-3
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2004.10.001
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00271-9
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00032-1
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00363-x
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mod.2005.05.002
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(03)00131-x
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In multicellular organisms, very little is known about the role of mRNA stability in development, and few proteins involved in degradation pathways have been characterized. We have identified the Drosophila homologue of XRN1, which is the major cytoplasmic 5'-3' exoribonuclease in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The protein...
journal_title:Mechanisms of development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(98)00173-7
更新日期:1998-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(98)00006-9
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00