BMC Developmental Biology

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Amphibian cell signalling requires insulin

Insulin binds to the plasma membrane in prophase arrested Rana pipiens oocytes, initiating a transduction pathway that changes the ionic permeability of the membrane and the intracellular pH, which is required to resume meiosis.

BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13:3
HSF-1 activity in C. elegans

Heat shock factor-1 (HSF-1) expression induces Caenorhabditis elegans larvae to enter the developmentally arrested dauer stage, whereas HSF-1 repression promotes reproductive growth, suggesting that HSF-1 participates in multiple signaling pathways to regulate development.

BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12:32
Prolonged signaling for organ induction

Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) signaling from the mesoderm is required to induce liver and lung development in Xenopus with the duration of this signal, rather than the strength, important for full differentiation of these organs

BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12:27
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separation-of-function allele of Plzf already known in rat

Comment on: Ching et al. BMC Developmental Biology 2010, 10:33
The URL of the CONDOR database has changed

Comment on: Woolfe et al. BMC Developmental Biology 2010, 7:100

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BMC Developmental Biology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the development, growth, differentiation and regeneration of multicellular organisms, including molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and whole organism research.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.