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BMC Developmental Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the development, growth, differentiation and regeneration of multicellular organisms, including molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism research. BMC Developmental Biology (ISSN 1471-213X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Zoological Record, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.



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BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:56
A web-accessible database of genes that are expressed in the CNS midline lineage during Drosophila embryogenesis integrates expression data with the ability to identify individual cell types and will facilitate studies of neuronal and glial development.
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BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:53
A loss-of-function ras allele (rasKP) causes excessive apoptosis in the Drosophila eye via activation of JNK and, to a lesser extent, Hid, with cell and organ size also affected in the wing.
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BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:45
Expression of the transcription factor Yin Yang 2 (YY2) in the cerebellum and neocortex of mice varies during embryonic and postnatal development, suggesting a functional role of YY2 in brain development.
 

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Research article
Progenitor cells of the rod-free area centralis originate in the anterior dorsal optic vesicle
Sae Kyung Shin, Keely M Bumsted O'Brien
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:57 (25November2009)
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Database
MidExDB: A database of Drosophila CNS midline cell gene expression
Scott R Wheeler, Stephanie B Stagg, Stephen T Crews
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:56 (10November2009)
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Wnt4 is not sufficient to induce lobuloalveolar mammary development
Young Chul Kim, Rod J Clark, Francisco Pelegri, Caroline M Alexander
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:55 (30October2009)
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Smad4-dependent pathways control basement membrane deposition and endodermal cell migration at early stages of mouse development
Ita Costello, Christine A Biondi, Jennifer M Taylor, Elizabeth K Bikoff, Elizabeth J Robertson
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:54 (22October2009)
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Ras promotes cell survival by antagonizing both JNK and Hid signals in the Drosophila eye
Yue Wu, Yuan Zhuang, Min Han, Tian Xu, Kejing Deng
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:53 (20October2009)
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Expanded progenitor populations, vitreo-retinal abnormalities, and Mller glial reactivity in the zebrafish leprechaun/patched2 retina
Jonathan Bibliowicz, Jeffrey M Gross
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:52 (19October2009)
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A tamoxifen inducible knock-in allele for investigation of E2A function
Mary E Jones, Motonari Kondo, Yuan Zhuang
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:51 (12October2009)
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Jingxian Zhang, Robert J Lipinski, Jerry J Gipp, Aubie K Shaw, Wade Bushman
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:50 (7October2009)
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Use of KikGR a photoconvertible green-to-red fluorescent protein for cell labeling and lineage analysis in ES cells and mouse embryos
Sonja Nowotschin, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:49 (9September2009)
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Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations
Valentina Degasperi, Fabio Gasparini, Sebastian M Shimeld, Chiara Sinigaglia, Paolo Burighel, Lucia Manni
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9:48 (8September2009)
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Action potential evoked transmitter release in central synapses: insights from the developing calyx of Held
Lu-Yang Wang, Michael J Fedchyshyn, Yi-Mei Yang
Molecular Brain 2009, 2:36 (25November2009)
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Research
PDGF-Ralpha gene expression predicts proliferation, but PDGF-A suppresses transdifferentiation of neonatal mouse lung myofibroblasts
Patricia W Kimani, Amey J Holmes, Ruth E Grossmann, Stephen E McGowan
Respiratory Research 2009, 10:119 (25November2009)
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Research
Ets-2 and p53 mediate cAMP-induced MMP-2 expression, activity and trophoblast invasion
Elsebeth Staun-Ram, Shlomit Goldman, Eliezer Shalev
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7:135 (25November2009)
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Research
Fhl5/Act, a CREM-binding transcriptional activator required for normal sperm maturation and morphology, is not essential for testicular gene expression
Aurelie Lardenois, Frederic Chalmel, Philippe Demougin, Noora Kotaja, Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Michael Primig
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7:133 (24November2009)
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Research
Developmental expression of a functional TASK-1 2P domain K+ channel in embryonic chick heart
Hengtao Zhang, Jeremy Parker, Neal Shepherd, Tony L Creazzo
Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16:104 (23November2009)
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Novel motifs distinguish multiple homologues of Polycomb in vertebrates: expansion and diversification of the epigenetic toolkit
Ramamoorthy Senthilkumar, Rakesh K Mishra
BMC Genomics 2009, 10:549 (20November2009)
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Research article
Expression profiling of rainbow trout testis development identifies evolutionary conserved genes involved in spermatogenesis
Antoine D Rolland, Jean-Jacques Lareyre, Anne-Sophie Goupil, Jerome Monfort, Marie-Jose Ricordel, Diane Esquerre, Karine Hugot, Remi Houlgatte, Frederic Chalmel, Florence F Le Gac
BMC Genomics 2009, 10:546 (20November2009)
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Zebrafish aplnra functions in epiboly
Svanhild Nornes, Ben Tucker, Michael Lardelli
BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:231 (19November2009)
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In vivo imaging of the tonoplast intrinsic protein family in Arabidopsis roots
Stefano Gattolin, Mathias Sorieul, Paul R Hunter, Roman H Khonsari, Lorenzo Frigerio
BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:133 (18November2009)
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Review
Novel insights into the differential functions of Notch ligands in vascular formation
Tsutomu Kume
Journal of Angiogenesis Research 2009, 1:8 (16November2009)
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