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In-house Editor J. Ann Le Good, PhD
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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, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :28
O-linked beta-N-acetlyglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification of proteins during zebrafish embryogenesis is essential for cell survival and controls morphogenesis, as shown by gain- and loss-of-function experiments with the genes encoding O-GlcNAc transferase (ogt) and O-GlcNAcase (oga).
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :18
Both WW domain binding sites of dystroglycan affect cell polarity in Drosophila oocytes and a partial redundancy is demonstrated by rescue experiments, implying that both can bind the WW domain of dystrophin in vivo.
BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :17
Hoxb4 gene expression is induced after neural tube formation in the chick, demonstrating later CNS refinement by both dorsal-ventral patterning systems from somites adjacent to the neural tube and anterior-posterior signals.
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Research article
Developmental changes in the expression of creatine synthesizing enzymes and creatine transporter in a precocial rodent, the spiny mouse Zoe Ireland, Aaron P Russell, Theo Wallimann, David W Walker, Rod Snow BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :39 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The pluripotency factor LIN28 marks undifferentiated spermatogonia in mouse Ke Zheng, Xin Wu, Klaus H Kaestner, Peijing Jeremy Wang BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :38 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology article
Red fluorescent Xenopus laevis: a new tool for grafting analysis Christoph Waldner, Magdalena Roose, Gerhart U Ryffel BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :37 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Foxl2 functions in sex determination and histogenesis throughout mouse ovary development Jose Elias Garcia-Ortiz, Emanuele Pelosi, Shakib Omari, Timur Nedorezov, Yulan Piao, Jesse Karmazin, Manuela Uda, Antonio Cao, Steve W Cole, Antonino Forabosco, David Schlessinger, Chris Ottolenghi BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :36 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The DEAD-box protein MEL-46 is required in the germ line of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Ryuji Minasaki, Alessandro Puoti, Adrian Streit BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :35 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Remodeling sympathetic innervation in rat pancreatic islets ontogeny Siraam Cabrera-Vasquez, Victor Navarro-Tableros, Carmen Sanchez-Soto, Gabriel Gutierrez-Ospina, Marcia Hiriart BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :34 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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myGRN: a database and visualisation system for the storage and analysis of developmental genetic regulatory networks Jamil Bacha, James S Brodie, Matthew W Loose BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :33 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Salivary gland branching morphogenesis: a quantitative systems analysis of the Eda/Edar/NF Michael Melnick, Robert D Phair, Smadar A Lapidot, Tina Jaskoll BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :32 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Tbx1 and Brn4 regulate retinoic acid metabolic genes during cochlear morphogenesisEvan M Braunstein, Dennis C Monks, Vimla S Aggarwal, Jelena S Arnold, Bernice E Morrow BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :31 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Extensive molecular differences between anterior- and posterior-half-sclerotomes underlie somite polarity and spinal nerve segmentation Daniel ST Hughes, Roger J Keynes, David Tannahill BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :30 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
Development of a gene silencing DNA vector derived from a broad host range geminivirus Edward M Golenberg, D NOAH Sather, Leandria C Hancock, Kenneth J Buckley, Natalie M Villafranco, David M Bisaro Plant Methods 2009, 5 :9 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Disorders of sex development expose transcriptional autonomy of genetic sex and androgen-programmed hormonal sex in human blood leukocytes Paul-Martin Holterhus, Jan-Hendrik Bebermeier, Ralf Werner, Janos Demeter, Annette Richter-Unruh, Gunnar Cario, Mahesh Appari, Reiner Siebert, Felix Riepe, James D Brooks, Olaf Hiort BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :292 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Novel sequential ChIP and simplified basic ChIP protocols for promoter co-occupancy and target gene identification in human embryonic stem cells Ricardo B Medeiros, Kate J Papenfuss, Brian Hoium, Kristen Coley, Joy Jadrich, Saik-Kia Goh, Anuratha Elayaperumal, Julio E Herrera, Ernesto Resnik, Hsiao-Tzu Ni BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :59 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
3-D reconstruction of a human fetus with combined holoprosencephaly and cyclopia Wolfgang H Arnold, Veronika Meiselbach Head & Face Medicine 2009, 5 :14 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phylogenetic analysis and molecular evolution of the dormancy associated MADS-box genes from peach Sergio Jimenez, Amy L Lawton-Rauh, Gregory L Reighard, Albert G Abbott, Douglas G Bielenberg BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :81 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk is associate to weight gain and growth in premature infants Sandra M Barboza Tinoco, Rosely Sichieri, Cecilia L Setta, Anibal S Moura, Maria G Tavares do Carmo Lipids in Health and Disease 2009, 8 :23 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Phylo-evo-devo: combining phylogenetics with evolutionary developmental biology Alessandro Minelli BMC Biology 2009, 7 :36 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis of circulating hem-endothelial marker RNA levels in preterm infants Tzipora Strauss, Sally Metsuyanim, Itai Pessach, Irit Shuchan-Eisen, Jacob Kuint, Benjamin Dekel BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9 :42 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Construction of an adult barnacle (Balanus amphitrite) cDNA library and selection of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies Tristano Bacchetti De Gregoris, Marco Borra, Elio Biffali, Thomas Bekel, J GRANT Burgess, Richard R Kirby, Anthony S Clare BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :62 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Neuroendocrine transcriptional programs adapt dynamically to the supply and demand for neuropeptides as revealed in NSF mutant zebrafish Deborah M. Kurrasch, Linda M Nevin, Jinny Wong, Herwig Baier, Holly A Ingraham Neural Development 2009, 4 :22 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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