The Caudal ParaHox gene is required for hindgut development in the mollusc Tritia (a.k.a. Ilyanassa).

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：:Bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) induces epidermis and represses neural fate in Xenopus ectoderm. Our previous findings implicate p42 Erk MAP kinase (MAPK) in the response to neural induction. We have examined the effects of BMP-4 on MAPK activity in gastrula ectoderm. Expression of a dominant negative BMP-4 recep...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Goswami M,Uzgare AR,Sater AK

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the first cell type to differentiate during retinal histogenesis. It has been postulated that specified RGCs subsequently influence the number and fate of the remaining progenitors to produce the rest of the retinal cell types. However, several genetic knockout models have argued agai...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Moshiri A,Gonzalez E,Tagawa K,Maeda H,Wang M,Frishman LJ,Wang SW

更新日期：2008-04-15 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：:Fetomodulin (FM) was previously shown to be a surface marker protein of parietal endoderm by in vitro differentiation of F9 embryonal carcinoma cells and by immunohistochemistry of in vivo embryos. BALB/3T3 and sarcoma S180 cells of the mouse were also shown to possess a protein which was indistinguishable from FM by ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Imada S,Yamaguchi H,Nagumo M,Katayanagi S,Iwasaki H,Imada M

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:Proliferating intestinal stem cells (ISCs) generate all cell types of the Drosophila midgut, including enterocytes, endocrine cells, and gland cells (e.g., copper cells), throughout the lifetime of the animal. Among the signaling mechanisms controlling the balance between ISC self-renewal and the production of differe...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Takashima S,Aghajanian P,Younossi-Hartenstein A,Hartenstein V

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) signaling is required for normal development of multiple organs. However, little is known about how RA influences the initial stages of lung development. Here, we used a combination of genetic, pharmacological and explant culture approaches to address this issue, and to investigate how signaling by ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Desai TJ,Chen F,Lü J,Qian J,Niederreither K,Dollé P,Chambon P,Cardoso WV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae homozygous for the recessive lethal allele without children(rgl) (woc(rgl)) fail to pupariate. Application of exogenous 20-hydroxyecdysone elicits puparium formation and pupation. Ecdysteroid titer measurements on mutant larvae show an endocrine deficiency in the brain-ring gland complex, which normally synthes...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wismar J,Habtemichael N,Warren JT,Dai JD,Gilbert LI,Gateff E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholaminergic cells are transiently present during development of the fetal murine bowel. These transient catecholaminergic (TC) cells appear at Day E10, but by Day E13 can no longer be detected. In order to evaluate the hypothesis that these cells are the precursors of enteric neurons, we investigated the possibi...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Baetge G,Gershon MD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygotes and embryos of the fucoid brown alga Pelvetia compressa undergo a series of asymmetric cleavages. We are interested in the developmental role of these cleavages and the mechanism controlling their alignment. To assess the importance of division plane alignment, the orientation of the first asymmetric division ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Bisgrove SR,Kropf DL

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf primordia, first visible as small bumps, are produced in a cyclical pattern at the edges of the shoot apex, a smooth region at the top of the stem. Their formation is a biomechanical process. This review first considers hypothetical construction mechanisms and then summarizes research that provides information ab...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Selker JM,Steucek GL,Green PB

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned Xenopus Strabismus (Xstbm), a homologue of the Drosophila planar cell or tissue polarity gene. Xstbm encodes four transmembrane domains in its N-terminal half and a PDZ-binding motif in its C-terminal region, a structure similar to Drosophila and mouse homologues. Xstbm is expressed strongly in the deep cell...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Goto T,Keller R

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Neural crest cells have broad migratory and differentiative ability that differs according to their axial level of origin. However, their transient nature has limited understanding of their stem cell and self-renewal properties. While an in vitro culture method has made it possible to maintain cranial neural crest cel...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Mohlin S,Kunttas E,Persson CU,Abdel-Haq R,Castillo A,Murko C,Bronner ME,Kerosuo L

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of neural crest-derived melanocytes, as well as haematopoietic and germ cells, is affected by mutations of the Kit and Mgf genes, which lead to dominant spotting (W) or steel (Sl) phenotypes. Mgf codes for the ligand of the receptor tyrosine kinase encoded by the Kit locus. KitW-v, a point mutation exe...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Mackenzie MA,Jordan SA,Budd PS,Jackson IJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of metazoans is lined by a series of regionally distinct epithelia. To maintain structure and function of the GI tract, regionally diversified differentiation of somatic stem cell (SC) lineages is critical. The adult Drosophila midgut provides an accessible model to study SC regulation ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Li H,Qi Y,Jasper H

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The iris sphincter muscle consists of striated muscle fibers in the adult chicken. The ontogenetic development of this muscle has been studied by immunocytochemistry, from Embryonic Day 7 to the time of hatching. The time course of expression of specific markers of either smooth or striated muscle, i.e., smooth and sk...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Volpe P,Biral D,Pizzo P,Salviati G,Margreth A

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of several egg proteins within minutes of sperm-egg binding and inhibitor studies have shown that tyrosine kinase activity is required for many aspects of egg activation. The present study demonstrates the presence of p59c-fyn kinase in the sea urchin egg and exami...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kinsey WH

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the function of the neurogenic gene Notch (N) during development of the adult sensilla of Drosophila. Heat pulses were applied to flies carrying the temperature-sensitive Notch allele Nts1 at different larval and pupal stages. We can show that the reduction of Notch+ function during a short interv...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Hartenstein V,Posakony JW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LIM-Kinase (LIMK), including LIMK1 and LIMK2, is the only known catalytic protein among LIM-family molecules. It is well known that LIMK phosphorylates and inactivates cofilin, an actin-depolymerizing factor regulating actin reorganization, while in vivo functions have remained to be elucidated. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Takahashi H,Koshimizu U,Miyazaki J,Nakamura T

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized a phosphoprotein protein with a death effector domain that has a novel bifunctional role in programmed cell death. The 15-kDa phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes (PEA-15) inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis and increases tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 (TNF-R1)-mediated apoptosis in the same cell ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Estellés A,Charlton CA,Blau HM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK genes are related pan-metazoan homeobox genes. In the fruitfly, NK genes are clustered and involved in patterning various mesodermal derivatives during embryogenesis. It was therefore suggested that the NK cluster emerged in evolution as an ancestral mesodermal patterning cluster. To test this hypothesis, we cloned...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Saudemont A,Dray N,Hudry B,Le Gouar M,Vervoort M,Balavoine G

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasticity of nerve cells expressing the neuropeptide FMRFamide was examined in adult hydra. Using a whole-mount technique with indirect immunofluorescence, the spatial pattern of neurons showing FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity (FLI) was visualized. These neurons were located in the tentacles, hypostome, and pedun...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Koizumi O,Bode HR

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unc-52 gene of Claenorhabditis elegans encodes a homologue of the basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan perlecan. Viable alleles reduce the abundance of UNC-52 in late larval stages and increase the frequency of distal tip cell (DTC) migration defects caused by mutations disrupting the UNC-6/netrin guidan...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Merz DC,Alves G,Kawano T,Zheng H,Culotti JG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crest-derived glomus cells of the carotid body (CB) are O(2)-sensitive chemoreceptors, which resemble sympathoadrenal (SA) chromaffin cells. In this study, we tested whether perinatal rat glomus cells are sensitive to basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in vitro and whether their sensitivity is regulated by oxygen. ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Nurse CA,Vollmer C

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most metazoans are able to grow beyond a few hundred cells and to support differentiated tissues because they elaborate multicellular, epithelial tubes that are indispensable for nutrient and gas exchange. To identify and characterize the cellular behaviors and molecular mechanisms required for the morphogenesis of ep...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Peters NC,Berg CA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metamorphosis in Drosophila results from a hierarchy of ecdysone-induced gene expression initiated at the end of the third larval instar. A now classical model of this hierarchy was proposed based on observations of the activity of polytene chromosome "puffs" which distinguished "early" puffs as those directly induced...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Stowers RS,Russell S,Garza D

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct flight muscles (DFMs) of Drosophila allow for the fine control of wing position necessary for flight. In DWnt-2 mutant flies, certain DFMs are either missing or fail to attach to the correct epithelial sites. Using a temperature-sensitive allele, we show that DWnt-2 activity is required only during pupation...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kozopas KM,Nusse R

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte maturation (meiosis reinitiation) in starfish is induced by the natural hormone 1-methyladenine (1-MeAde). Oocytes of Evasterias troschelii contain 0.43 pmole cyclic AMP/mg protein and 0.47 pmole cyclic GMP/mg protein. Upon stimulation by 1-MeAde the oocytes undergo a moderate (10-30%) decrease in their cAMP co...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Meijer L,Zarutskie P

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00