abstract：:Border Cells in the Drosophila ovaries are a useful genetic model for understanding the molecular events underlying epithelial cell motility. During stage 9 of egg chamber development they detach from neighboring stretched cells and migrate between the nurse cells to reach the oocyte. RNAi screening allowed us to iden...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： De Graeve FM,Van de Bor V,Ghiglione C,Cerezo D,Jouandin P,Ueda R,Shashidhara LS,Noselli S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lens growth involves the proliferation of epithelial cells, followed by their migration to the equator region and differentiation into secondary fiber cells. It is widely accepted that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling is required for the differentiation of lens epithelial cells into crystallin-rich fibers, but...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Song X,Sato Y,Felemban A,Ito A,Hossain M,Ochiai H,Yamamoto T,Sekiguchi K,Tanaka H,Ohta K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mix/Bix family of paired-like homeobox genes encode evolutionarily conserved, sequence specific, DNA-binding transcription factors that have been implicated in the co-ordination of gene expression, axis formation and cell fate determination during gastrulation in vertebrates. When mutated, these genes give rise to...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Pereira LA,Wong MS,Mei Lim S,Stanley EG,Elefanty AG

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) have multiple activities in the developing spinal cord: they specify the identity of the dorsal-most neuronal populations and then direct the trajectories of dorsal interneuron (dI) 1 commissural axons. How are these activities decoded by dorsal neurons to result in different cellula...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Hazen VM,Andrews MG,Umans L,Crenshaw EB 3rd,Zwijsen A,Butler SJ

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To form a gonad, germ cells (GCs) and somatic gonadal precursor cells (SGPs) must migrate to the correct location in the developing embryo and establish the cell-cell interactions necessary to create proper gonad architecture. During gonad morphogenesis, SGPs send out cellular extensions to ensheath the individual GCs...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Jemc JC,Milutinovich AB,Weyers JJ,Takeda Y,Van Doren M

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinesin light chain 3 (KLC3) is the only known kinesin light chain expressed in post-meiotic male germ cells. We have reported that in rat spermatids KLC3 associates with outer dense fibers and mitochondrial sheath. KLC3 is able to bind to mitochondria in vitro and in vivo employing the conserved tetratrico-peptide re...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Zhang Y,Ou Y,Cheng M,Saadi HS,Thundathil JC,van der Hoorn FA

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) perform numerous functions during neural development. An individual CAM can play different roles during each stage of neuronal differentiation; however, little is known about how such functional switching is accomplished. Here we show that Drosophila N-cadherin (CadN) is required at mult...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Kurusu M,Katsuki T,Zinn K,Suzuki E

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal circuit development and function require proper synapse formation and maintenance. Genetic screens are one powerful method to identify the mechanisms shaping synaptic development and stability. However, genes with essential roles in non-neural tissues may be missed in traditional loss-of-function screens. In ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Valakh V,Naylor SA,Berns DS,DiAntonio A

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MHM is a chicken Z chromosome-linked locus that is methylated and transcriptionally silent in male cells, but is hypomethylated and transcribed into a long non-coding RNA in female cells. MHM has been implicated in both localised dosage compensation and sex determination in the chicken embryo, but direct evidence is l...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Roeszler KN,Itman C,Sinclair AH,Smith CA

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells are essential for the regeneration and homeostasis of many organs, such as tooth, hair, skin, and intestine. Although human tooth regeneration is limited, a number of animals have evolved continuously growing teeth that provide models of stem cell-based organ renewal. A well-studied model is the mouse incis...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Li CY,Cha W,Luder HU,Charles RP,McMahon M,Mitsiadis TA,Klein OD

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of adult vertebrates to repair tissue damage is widespread and impressive; however, the ability to regenerate structurally complex organs such as the limb is limited largely to the salamanders. The fact that most of the tissues of the limb can regenerate has led investigators to question and identify the b...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Satoh A,Bryant SV,Gardiner DM

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural crest is a transient and multipotent cell population arising at the edge of the neural plate in vertebrates. Recent findings highlight that neural crest patterning is initiated during gastrulation, i.e. earlier than classically described, in a progenitor domain named the neural border. This chapter reviews ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Milet C,Monsoro-Burq AH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After induction and specification in the ectoderm, at the border of the neural plate, the neural crest (NC) population leaves its original territory through a delamination process. Soon afterwards, the NC cells migrate throughout the embryo and colonize a myriad of tissues and organs where they settle and differentiat...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Theveneau E,Mayor R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zebrafish fin is an excellent system to study the mechanisms of dermal bone patterning. Fin rays are segmented structures that form successive bifurcations both during ontogenesis and regeneration. Previous studies showed that sonic hedgehog (shha) may regulate regenerative bone patterning based on its expression ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Zhang J,Jeradi S,Strähle U,Akimenko MA

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite undergoing normal development and acquiring normal morphology and motility, mutations in spe-38 or trp-3/spe-41 cause identical phenotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans-mutant sperm fail to fertilize oocytes despite direct contact. SPE-38 is a novel, four-pass transmembrane protein and TRP-3/SPE-41 is a Ca(2+)-per...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Singaravelu G,Chatterjee I,Rahimi S,Druzhinina MK,Kang L,Xu XZ,Singson A

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellum development involves the coordinated production of multiple neuronal cell types. The cerebellar primordium contains two germinative zones, the rhombic lip (RL) and the ventricular zone (VZ), which generate different types of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, respectively. What regulates the specification...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Fernandes M,Antoine M,Hébert JM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is a lysine methyltransferase that trimethylates histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3), a modification essential for Polycomb silencing. Mutations in its catalytic subunit, E(Z), that abolish its methyltransferase activity disrupt Polycomb silencing, causing derepression of Po...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Stepanik VA,Harte PJ

更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic interactions regulating intermediate stages of tubulogenesis in the developing kidney have been difficult to define. A systems biology strategy using microarray was combined with in vitro/ex vivo and genetic approaches to identify pathways regulating specific stages of tubulogenesis. Analysis of the progressio...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Gallegos TF,Kouznetsova V,Kudlicka K,Sweeney DE,Bush KT,Willert K,Farquhar MG,Nigam SK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint and skeletal development is highly regulated by extracellular matrix (ECM) proteoglycans, of which chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are a major class. Despite the requirement of joint CSPGs for skeletal flexibility and structure, relatively little is understood regarding their role in establishing joint...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wilson DG,Phamluong K,Lin WY,Barck K,Carano RA,Diehl L,Peterson AS,Martin F,Solloway MJ

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericellular proteolysis by ADAM family metalloproteinases has been widely implicated in cell signaling and development. We recently found that Xenopus ADAM13, an ADAM metalloproteinase, is required for activation of canonical Wnt signaling during cranial neural crest (CNC) induction by regulating a novel crosstalk be...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wei S,Xu G,Bridges LC,Williams P,Nakayama T,Shah A,Grainger RM,White JM,DeSimone DW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate Cdx genes encode homeodomain transcription factors related to caudal in Drosophila. The murine Cdx homologues Cdx1, Cdx2 and Cdx4 play important roles in anterior-posterior patterning of the embryonic axis and the intestine, as well as axial elongation. While our understanding of the ontogenic programs requ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Grainger S,Lam J,Savory JG,Mears AJ,Rijli FM,Lohnes D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila larval central brain contains about 10,000 differentiated neurons and 200 scattered neural progenitors (neuroblasts), which can be further subdivided into ~95 type I neuroblasts and eight type II neuroblasts per brain lobe. Only type II neuroblasts generate self-renewing intermediate neural progenitors ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Carney TD,Miller MR,Robinson KJ,Bayraktar OA,Osterhout JA,Doe CQ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male germline stem cells (GSCs) in Drosophila melanogaster divide asymmetrically by orienting the mitotic spindle with respect to the niche, a microenvironment that specifies stem cell identity. The spindle orientation is prepared during interphase through stereotypical positioning of the centrosomes. We recently demo...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Yuan H,Chiang CY,Cheng J,Salzmann V,Yamashita YM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids are essential for cellular function as sources of fuel, critical signaling molecules and membrane components. Deficiencies in lipid processing and transport underlie many metabolic diseases. To better understand metabolic function as it relates to disease etiology, a whole animal approach is advantageous, one i...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Carten JD,Bradford MK,Farber SA

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine/threonine kinase LKB1 is a master kinase that regulates a number of critical events such as cell transformation, polarization, development, stress response, and energy metabolism in metazoa. After multiple unsuccessful attempts of generating Dictyostelium lkb1-null cells, an RNAi-based knockdown approach pr...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Veeranki S,Hwang SH,Sun T,Kim B,Kim L

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental patterning and growth of the vertebrate digestive and respiratory tracts requires interactions between the epithelial endoderm and adjacent mesoderm. The esophagus is a specialized structure that connects the digestive and respiratory systems and its normal development is critical for both. Shh signaling...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Korzh S,Winata CL,Zheng W,Yang S,Yin A,Ingham P,Korzh V,Gong Z

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a natural curiosity about how organisms give rise to offspring like themselves through a series of reproducible developmental events and how, once mature, these offspring mate and continue the process giving rise the next generation. In the mid-1800s investigators started using gametes and embryos to explore ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Ernst SG

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfs are secreted sulfatases that catalyse removal of sulfate from Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans (HSPGs) in the extracellular space. These enzymes are well known to regulate a number of crucial signalling pathways during development. In this study, we report that DSulfatase-1 (DSulf1), the unique Drosophila Sulf prot...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wojcinski A,Nakato H,Soula C,Glise B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The task of the visual system is to translate light into neuronal encoded information. This translation of photons into neuronal signals is achieved by photoreceptor neurons (PRs), specialized sensory neurons, located in the eye. Upon perception of light the PRs will send a signal to target neurons, which represent a ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Sprecher SG,Cardona A,Hartenstein V

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An organism's genome sequence serves as a blueprint for the proteins and regulatory RNAs essential for cellular function. The genome also harbors cis-acting non-coding sequences that control gene expression and are essential to coordinate regulatory programs during embryonic development. However, the genome sequence i...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Aday AW,Zhu LJ,Lakshmanan A,Wang J,Lawson ND

更新日期：2011-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA localization is tightly coordinated with RNA stability and translation control. Bicaudal-D (Bic-D), Egalitarian (Egl), microtubules and their motors are part of a Drosophila transport machinery that localizes mRNAs to specific cellular regions during oogenesis and embryogenesis. We identified the Poly(A)-binding p...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Vazquez-Pianzola P,Urlaub H,Suter B

更新日期：2011-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been posited that animal development evolved from pre-existing mechanisms for regulating cell differentiation in the single celled and colonial ancestors of animals. Although the progenitors of animals cannot be studied directly, insights into their cell biology may be gleaned from comparisons between animals a...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Dayel MJ,Alegado RA,Fairclough SR,Levin TC,Nichols SA,McDonald K,King N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of evolutionary developmental biology was not the progressive isolation and characterization of developmental genes and gene networks. Many obstacles had to be overcome: the idea that all genes were more or less involved in development; the evidence that developmental processes in insects had nothing in commo...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Morange M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within euarthropods, the morphological and molecular mechanisms of early nervous system development have been analysed in insects and several representatives of chelicerates and myriapods, while data on crustaceans are fragmentary. Neural stem cells (neuroblasts) generate the nervous system in insects and in higher cr...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Ungerer P,Eriksson BJ,Stollewerk A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rex1 (Zfp42), GeneID 132625, is a gene whose expression is closely associated with pluripotency/multipotency in both mouse and human embryonic stem cells. To study the function of the murine Rex1 gene in vivo, we have used cre/lox technology to create Rex1(floxed) mice and mice deficient in Rex1 gene function. Rex1(-/...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Rezende NC,Lee MY,Monette S,Mark W,Lu A,Gudas LJ

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A pair of the Drosophila eye-antennal disc gives rise to four distinct organs (eyes, antennae, maxillary palps, and ocelli) and surrounding head cuticle. Developmental processes of this imaginal disc provide an excellent model system to study the mechanism of regional specification and subsequent organogenesis. The do...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Yorimitsu T,Kiritooshi N,Nakagoshi H

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila Suppressor of Hairy wing [Su(Hw)] insulator protein has an essential role in the development of the female germline. Here we investigate the function of Su(Hw) in the ovary. We show that Su(Hw) is universally expressed in somatic cells, while germ cell expression is dynamic. Robust levels accumulate in ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Baxley RM,Soshnev AA,Koryakov DE,Zhimulev IF,Geyer PK

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone deficiency is known to deeply affect cerebellum post-natal development. We present here a detailed analysis of the phenotype of a recently generated mouse model, expressing a dominant-negative TRα1 mutation. Although hormonal level is not affected, the cerebellum of these mice displays profound alterat...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Fauquier T,Romero E,Picou F,Chatonnet F,Nguyen XN,Quignodon L,Flamant F

更新日期：2011-08-15 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：:In many organisms early embryogenesis is characterised by a period refractory to transcription. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the one-cell embryo is transcriptionally inactive, but at around eight-cell stage transcription is activated in the somatic lineage. This model suggests that histone tail modifications associated ...

journal_title：Developmental biology

authors： Wang S,Fisher K,Poulin GB

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00