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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.
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.
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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Undersized eye of zebrafish embryo with a mutated condensin gene. [more ]
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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 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Expanded progenitor populations, vitreo-retinal abnormalities, and Mleprechaun/patched 2 retina Jonathan Bibliowicz, Jeffrey M Gross BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :52 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hedgehog pathway responsiveness correlates with the presence of primary cilia on prostate stromal cells Jingxian Zhang, Robert J Lipinski, Jerry J Gipp, Aubie K Shaw, Wade Bushman BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :50 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arginine methyltransferase CARM1/PRMT4 regulates endochondral ossification Tatsuo Ito, Neelu Yadav, Jaeho Lee, Takayuki Furumatsu, Satoshi Yamashita, Kenji Yoshida, Noboru Taniguchi, Megumi Hashimoto, Megumi Tsuchiya, Toshifumi Ozaki, Martin Lotz, Mark T Bedford, Hiroshi Asahara BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :47 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Zebrafish aplnra functions in epiboly Svanhild Nornes, Ben Tucker, Michael Lardelli BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :231 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Novel insights into the differential functions of Notch ligands
in vascular formation
Tsutomu Kume Journal of Angiogenesis Research 2009, 1 :8 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Deletion of PEA-15 in mice is associated with specific impairments of spatial learning abilities Joe W Ramos, David A Townsend, Dawn Piarulli, Stefan Kolata, Kenneth Light, Gregory Hale, Louis D Matzel BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 :134 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The sterol carrier protein 2/3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase (SCPx) is involved in cholesterol uptake in the midgut of Spodoptera litura : gene cloning, expression, localization and functional analyses Xing-Rong Guo, Si-Chun Zheng, Lin Liu, Qi-Li Feng BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :102 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mixed hepatoblastoma and teratoma of the liver in a 3-year-old child: a unique combination and clinical challenge Alexander Moll, Alexander Krenauer, Uta Bierbach, Holger Till, Wolfgang Hirsch, Ivo Leuschner, Nicole Schmitz, Christian Wittekind, Thomas Aigner Diagnostic Pathology 2009, 4 :37 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The structural and functional determinants of the Axin and Dishevelled DIX domains Matthias T Ehebauer, Alfonso Martinez Arias BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :70 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum , identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps Jochen Trauner, Johannes Schinko, Marc BMC Biology 2009, 7 :73 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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