Research Catalog

Title

Current topics in developmental biology. 45 / edited by Roger A. Pedersen and Gerald P. Schatten.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Schatten, Gerald.
• Pedersen, Roger A.

Description

261 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.

Series Statement

Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 45

Uniform Title

Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 45.

Subject

• Developmental biology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Development of the Leaf Epidermis / Philip W. Becraft -- I.. Introduction -- II.. Morphology -- III.. Ontogeny -- IV.. Epidermal Identity -- V.. Epidermal Growth -- VI.. Interactions with Internal Tissues -- VII.. Pattern Formation and Cellular Differentiation -- VIII.. Determined State of the Epidermis -- IX.. The Cuticle -- X.. Summary -- 2. Genes and Their Products in Sea Urchin Development / Giovanni Giudice -- I.. Introduction -- II.. Histones -- III.. Cytoskeletal Actin Genes -- IV.. Endo 16 and Other Endoderm-Specific Genes -- V.. Ectoderm-Specific Genes -- VI.. Genes of the Primary Mesenchyme or However Relevant to the Extracellular Matrix -- VII.. Genes for Cortical Granule Content and Genes Related to the Wnt Pathway and Gastrulation -- VIII.. Homeobox-Containing Genes and Genes for Transcription Factors That Do Not Contain Homeobox -- IX.. Tubulin Genes and Other Genes Related to Ciliogenesis and to the Mitotic Apparatus -- X.. Genes for Cyclin and Other Cell Division Related Proteins -- XI.. Genes for Kinases, a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor, and Metallothionein -- XII.. Genes for Heat Shock Proteins (hsps) and Ubiquitin Genes -- XIII.. Genes That Are Differentially Expressed along the Animal-Vegetal Axis -- XIV.. Genes for Arylsulfatase, Myogenic Factors, and Ribosomal Proteins, Genes with an EGF Domain, and Genes for Poly(A)-Binding Proteins -- XV.. Genes for Jelly Proteins and the Egg Receptor for Sperm -- XVI.. Genes Expressed by Coelomocytes -- XVII.. Miscellaneous Genes -- XVIII.. Proto-oncogenes and Retroposons -- 3. The Organizer of the Gastrulating Mouse Embryo / Anne Camus and Patrick P.L. Tam -- I.. Introduction -- II.. The Mouse Gastrula Organizers -- III.. Separate Head and Trunk Organizing Activity -- IV.. Tissue Patterning and the Specification of the Gastrula Organizer -- V.. An Organizer for All Seasons? -- 4. Molecular Genetics of Gynoecium Development in Arabidopsis / John L. Bowman, Stuart F. Baum, Yuval Eshed, Joanna Putterill and John Alvarez -- I.. Introduction -- II.. Gynoecium Structure and Development in Arabidopsis -- III.. Molecular Genetics of Carpel Development -- IV.. Lessons from Analyses of Gene Expression Patterns -- V.. Conclusions -- 5. Digging out Roots: Pattern Formation, Cell Division, and Morphogenesis in Plants / Ben Scheres and Renze Heidstra -- I.. Introduction -- II.. Embryonic Pattern Formation -- III.. Postembryonic Perpetuation of Cellular Pattern -- IV.. Control of Cell Division during Development -- V.. Growth and Organ Morphogenesis -- VI.. Concluding Remarks.

ISBN

• 0121531457
• 9780121531454

OCLC

• ocm41158426
• 41158426
• SCSB-5356391

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Columbia University Libraries