Identifying genes differentially expressed between PGCs and ES cells reveals a role for CREB-binding protein in germ cell survival.

abstract：:Hair shafts are produced from stem cells located in the bulge. Our knowledge of the genetic pathways regulating cell fate acquisition in the immediate descendents of these stem cells, and fate maintenance in their committed progeny, is still incomplete. One pathway involved in fate maintenance within the hair matrix i...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Cai J,Lee J,Kopan R,Ma L

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt-11/Xfz7 signaling plays a major role in the regulation of convergent extension movements affecting the dorsal marginal zone (DMZ) of gastrulating Xenopus embryos. In order to provide data concerning the molecular targets of Wnt-11/Xfz7 signals, we have analyzed the regulation of the Rho GTPase Cdc42 by Wnt-11. In ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Penzo-Mendèz A,Umbhauer M,Djiane A,Boucaut JC,Riou JF

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The respective role of Pax2 and Pax8 in early kidney development in vertebrates is poorly understood. In this report, we have studied the roles of Pax8 and Pax2 in Xenopus pronephros development using a loss-of-function approach. Our results highlight a differential requirement of these two transcription factors for p...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Buisson I,Le Bouffant R,Futel M,Riou JF,Umbhauer M

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse sperm surface galactosyltransferase (GalTase) mediates fertilization by binding to its appropriate glycoconjugate substrate in the egg zona pellucida. GalTase is present throughout all stages of spermatogenesis, during which time it redistributes within the plasma membrane from a uniform, diffuse distribution on...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Scully NF,Shur BD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scalloped and vestigial genes are both required for the formation of the Drosophila wing, and recent studies have indicated that they can function as a heterodimeric complex to regulate the expression of downstream target genes. We have analyzed the consequences of complete loss of scalloped function, ectopic expr...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Liu X,Grammont M,Irvine KD

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmuscle myosin-II is a key motor protein that drives cell shape change and cell movement. Here, we analyze the function of nonmuscle myosin-II during Drosophila embryonic myogenesis. We find that nonmuscle myosin-II and the adhesion molecule, PS2 integrin, colocalize at the developing muscle termini. In the paradigm...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bloor JW,Kiehart DP

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory placodes are unique columnar epithelia with neurogenic potential that develop in the vertebrate head ectoderm next to the neural tube. They contribute to the paired sensory organs and the cranial sensory ganglia generating a wide variety of cell types ranging from lens fibres to sensory receptor cells and neur...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Streit A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes are highly conserved segmental identity genes well known for their complex expression patterns and divergent targets. Here we present an analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the Caenorhabditis elegans Hox gene egl-5, which is expressed in multiple tissues in the posterior region of the nematode. We have ut...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Teng Y,Girard L,Ferreira HB,Sternberg PW,Emmons SW

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal-less 3 (DLX3) gene mutations are etiologic for Tricho-Dento-Osseous syndrome. To investigate the in vivo impact of mutant DLX3 on bone development, we established transgenic (TG) mice expressing the c.571_574delGGGG DLX-3 gene mutation (MT-DLX3) driven by a mouse 2.3 Col1A1 promoter. Microcomputed tomographic a...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Choi SJ,Roodman GD,Feng JQ,Song IS,Amin K,Hart PS,Wright JT,Haruyama N,Hart TC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the germ band shortens in Drosophila melanogaster embryos, cell shape changes cause segments to narrow anteroposteriorly and to lengthen dorsoventrally. One of the genes required for this retraction process is the hindsight (hnt) gene. hnt encodes a nuclear Zinc-finger protein that is expressed in the extraembryoni...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Lamka ML,Lipshitz HD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes of the Abdominal-B (Abd-B) class regulate gonadal development in diverse metazoans. Here we have investigated the role of the Abd-B homolog egl-5 in C. elegans gonadal development. Previous work showed that egl-5 is required male-specifically in the gonad and that mutant gonads are highly dysgenic and possib...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kalis AK,Murphy MW,Zarkower D

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium transporter C (AmtC) is one of three transporters in Dictyostelium that have been proposed to regulate entry and exit of ammonia in a cell type dependent manner and to mediate ammonia signaling. Previous work demonstrated that disruption of the amtC gene results in a slugger phenotype in which the cells remai...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kirsten JH,Xiong Y,Dunbar AJ,Rai M,Singleton CK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Endo16 gene codes for an RGD-containing calcium-binding protein that is found on the basal surfaces and in the extracellular matrix of cells of the invaginating archenteron during sea urchin gastrulation. Previously, we have shown that Endo16 is a single copy gene and we have determined the coding sequence and ana...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Godin RE,Urry LA,Ernst SG

更新日期：1996-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular interactions with laminin are important for numerous morphogenetic events. In Xenopus, the first of these is neurulation. The integrin alpha6 subunit mediates an attachment of the cells of the neural plate to the underlying basal lamina. A disruption of this interaction results in embryos that fail to neurula...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Lallier TE,DeSimone DW

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioneer axons in insect legs are experimentally accessible model systems for the molecular identification and cellular localization of guidance cues regulating the path of axon growth. A detailed study of the Fe2 pioneer axons in the legs of the cockroach was performed to examine the diversity of guidance mechanisms. ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Rajan I,Denburg JL

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The regeneration of lost body parts is a fascinating phenomenon exhibited by some multicellular organisms. In social amoebae, such as Dictyostelium discoideum, the pseudoplasmodium is a temporary migratory multicellular structure with high regeneration ability. It consists of future stalk cells (prestalk cells) at the...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Mohri K,Tanaka R,Nagano S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic development depends on the transcription factor Pax6, which controls islet cell differentiation and hormone production. To understand the regulation of Pax6 pancreatic expression, we have identified a minimal Pax6 pancreatic enhancer and show that it contains a composite binding site for Meis and Pbx homeop...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Zhang X,Rowan S,Yue Y,Heaney S,Pan Y,Brendolan A,Selleri L,Maas RL

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) control spatiotemporal gene expression patterns in embryos. While measurement of quantitative CRM activities has become efficient, measurement of spatial CRM activities still relies on slow, one-by-one methods. To overcome this bottleneck, we have developed a high-throughput method that c...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Guay CL,McQuade ST,Nam J

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antenna structure varies widely among insects, in contrast to the well-conserved structure of legs. The adult capitate antenna of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, is composed of eleven articles, organized into four distinct morphological regions (scape, pedicel, funicle and club). Here, we report the use of ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Angelini DR,Kikuchi M,Jockusch EL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foxg1 expression is highly restricted to the telencephalon and other head structures in the early embryo. This expression pattern has been exploited to generate conditional knockout mice, based on a widely used Foxg1-Cre knock-in line (Foxg1(tm1(cre)Skm)), in which the Foxg1 coding region was replaced by the Cre gene....

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kawaguchi D,Sahara S,Zembrzycki A,O'Leary DDM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:teashirt (tsh) encodes a zinc-finger protein that is thought to be part of a network that contributes to regionalization of the Drosophila embryo and establishes the domains of Hox protein function. tsh and the Hox gene Sex combs reduced (Scr) are essential to establish the identity of the first thoracic segment. We u...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Taghli-Lamallem O,Gallet A,Leroy F,Malapert P,Vola C,Kerridge S,Fasano L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NCK adaptor proteins are composed entirely of SH3 and SH2 domains and serve as protein interaction bridges for several receptors during signal transduction events. Here we report the molecular and genetic analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans nck-1 gene. C. elegans nck-1 encodes two isoforms: NCK-1A and a shorter...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Mohamed AM,Chin-Sang ID

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquisition of specialized skeletal muscle fiber phenotypes during development is investigated by systematic measurement of the accumulation of 21 contractile protein mRNAs during hindlimb development in the rat and the human. During early myotube formation in both species there is no coordination of expression of...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Sutherland CJ,Elsom VL,Gordon ML,Dunwoodie SL,Hardeman EC

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical granules of eggs contain a population of heterogeneous proteins that are sequestered selectively within the cortical granule during oogenesis and that participate in the block to polyspermy during the fertilization reaction. To begin to understand the targeting mechanism of proteins to this organelle, we have...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wessel GM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostate gland develops from the urogenital sinus by a testosterone-dependent process of ductal morphogenesis. Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is expressed in the urogenital sinus epithelium and the time course of expression coincides with the formation of the main prostatic ducts. Expression is most abundant in the lumen of...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Podlasek CA,Barnett DH,Clemens JQ,Bak PM,Bushman W

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the morphology of fetal rat sympathetic neurons grown in serum-free medium in the absence of nonneuronal cells. Because cell density can affect phenotypic expression in vitro, the morphological analysis was subdivided into the study of isolated neurons (neurons whose somata were at least 150 micron fr...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bruckenstein DA,Higgins D

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External genital development begins with formation of paired genital swellings, which develop into the genital tubercle. Proximodistal outgrowth and axial patterning of the genital tubercle are coordinated to give rise to the penis or clitoris. The genital tubercle consists of lateral plate mesoderm, surface ectoderm,...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Perriton CL,Powles N,Chiang C,Maconochie MK,Cohn MJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:The extent to which early differentiation of neurons and muscle cells is autonomous or governed by soluble factors released from other cells has been examined by following development of single cells plated alone in a simple, defined culture medium. The differentiation of electrical excitability and sensitivity to neu...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Henderson LP,Spitzer NC

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repulsion plays a fundamental role in the establishment of a topographic map of the chick retinotectal projections. This has been highlighted by studies demonstrating the role of opposing gradients of the EphA3 receptor tyrosine kinase on retinal axons and two of its ligands, ephrin-A2 and ephrin-A5, in the tectum. We...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Marín O,Blanco MJ,Nieto MA

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00