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BMC Developmental Biology, Volume 8

 
Research article
Exposure to light enhances pre-adult fitness in two dark-dwelling sympatric species of ants
Shahnaz RAHMAN Lone, Vijay KUMAR Sharma
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:113 (2December2008)
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Research article
Neurotransmitter alterations in embryonic succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency suggest a heightened excitatory state during development
Erwin EW Jansen, Eduard Struys, Cornelis Jakobs, Elizabeth Hager, O. Carter Snead III, K. Michael Gibson
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:112 (28November2008)
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Research article
Gap junctions in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster: localization of innexins 1, 2, 3 and 4 and evidence for intercellular communication via innexin-2 containing channels
Johannes Bohrmann, Jennifer Zimmermann
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:111 (27November2008)
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Research article
The C. elegans EMAP-like protein, ELP-1 is required for normal touch sensation and associates with microtubules and adhesion complexes
Jennifer L. Hueston, Gina Purinton Herren, Juan G. Cueva, Matthew Buechner, Erik A. Lundquist, Miriam B. Goodman, Kathy A. Suprenant
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:110 (17November2008)
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Research article
The Lc3-synthase gene B3gnt5 is essential to pre-implantation development of the murine embryo
Franziska Biellmann, Andreas J Hulsmeier, Dapeng Zhou, Paolo Cinelli, Thierry Hennet
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:109 (12November2008)
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Research article
Nlz1/Znf703 acts as a repressor of transcription
Mako Nakamura, Seong-Kyu Choe, Alexander P Runko, Paul D Gardner, Charles G Sagerstrm
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:108 (12November2008)
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Research article
The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes.
Eleonore S Kohler, Selvakumari Sankaranarayanan, Christa J van Ginneken, Paul van Dijk, Jacqueline L M Vermeulen, Jan M Ruijter, Wouter H Lamers, Elisabeth Bruder
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:107 (10November2008)
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Research article
Expression of BLIMP1/PRMT5 and concurrent histone H2A/H4 arginine 3 dimethylation in fetal germ cells, CIS/IGCNU and germ cell tumors
Dawid Eckert, Katharina Biermann, Daniel Nettersheim, Ad J.M. Gillis, Klaus Steger, Hans-Martin Jack, Annette M. Muller, Leendert H.J. Looijenga, Hubert Schorle
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:106 (7November2008)
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Research article
An evolutionarily conserved intronic region controls the spatiotemporal expression of the transcription factor Sox10
James R Dutton, Anthony Antonellis, Thomas J Carney, Frederico SLM Rodrigues, William J Pavan, Andrew Ward, Robert N Kelsh
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:105 (26October2008)
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Research article
The Drosophila STIM1 orthologue, dSTIM, has roles in cell fate specification and tissue patterning
Jean-Pierre Eid, Alfonso Martinez Arias, Hannah Robertson, Gary R Hime, Marie Dziadek
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:104 (24October2008)
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Research article
Domain-specific regulation of foxP2 CNS expression by lef1
Joshua L Bonkowsky, Xu Wang, Esther Fujimoto, Ji Eun Lee, Chi-Bin Chien, Richard I Dorsky
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:103 (24October2008)
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Research article
Expression profiling of human glial precursors
James T Campanelli, Robert W Sandrock, Will Wheatley, Haipeng Xue, Jianhua Zheng, Feng Liang, Jonathan D Chesnut, Ming Zhan, Mahendra S Rao, Ying Liu
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:102 (23October2008)
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Research article
Thyroid hormone components are expressed in three sequential waves during development of the chick retina
Jeffrey M Trimarchi, Sanjiv Harpavat, Nathan A Billings, Constance L Cepko
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:101 (14October2008)
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Research article
Cell signaling and transcription factor genes expressed during whole body regeneration in a colonial chordate
Yuval Rinkevich, Baruch Rinkevich, Ram Reshef
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:100 (12October2008)
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Research article
Varicose: a MAGUK required for the maturation and function of Drosophila septate junctions
Katherine E Moyer, J Roger Jacobs
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:99 (10October2008)
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Research article
Fgfr1 signalling in the development of a sexually selected trait in vertebrates, the sword of swordtail fish
Nils Offen, Nicola Blum, Axel Meyer, Gerrit Begemann
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:98 (9October2008)
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Research article
Maternal Oct-4 is a potential key regulator of the developmental competence of mouse oocytes
Maurizio Zuccotti, Valeria Merico, Lucia Sacchi, Michele Bellone, Thore C Brink, Riccardo Bellazzi, Mario Stefanelli, Carlo Alberto Redi, Silvia Garagna, James Adjaye
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:97 (6October2008)
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Research article
An unexpectedly high degree of specialization and a widespread involvement in sterol metabolism among the C. elegans putative aminophospholipid translocases
Nicholas N Lyssenko, Yana Miteva, Simon Gilroy, Wendy Hanna-Rose, Robert A Schlegel
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:96 (2October2008)
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Research article
Central cholinergic signal-mediated neuroendocrine regulation of vasopressin and oxytocin in ovine fetuses
Lijun Shi, Caiping Mao, Fanxing Zeng, Yuying Zhang, Zhice Xu
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:95 (2October2008)
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Research article
Deaf-1 regulates epithelial cell proliferation and side-branching in the mammary gland
Holly E Barker, Gordon K Smyth, James Wettenhall, Teresa A Ward, Mary L Bath, Geoffrey J Lindeman, Jane E Visvader
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:94 (1October2008)
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Research article
Evidence for Hox-specified positional identities in adult vasculature
Nathanael D Pruett, Richard P Visconti, Donna F Jacobs, Dimitri Scholz, Tim McQuinn, John P Sundberg, Alexander Awgulewitsch
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:93 (30September2008)
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Methodology article
An ontology for Xenopus anatomy and development
Erik Segerdell, Jeff B Bowes, Nicolas Pollet, Peter D Vize
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:92 (25September2008)
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Research article
Distinct roles of Shh and Fgf signaling in regulating cell proliferation during zebrafish pectoral fin development
Sergey V Prykhozhij, Carl J Neumann
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:91 (23September2008)
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Research article
Cell-extracellular matrix interactions regulate neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells
Wu Ma, Tara Tavakoli, Eric Derby, Yevgeniya Serebryakova, Mahendra S Rao, Mark P Mattson
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:90 (22September2008)
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Research article
Generation of diverse neuronal subtypes in cloned populations of stem-like cells
Balzs V Varga, Nra Hdinger, Elen Gcza, Vered Dulberg, Kornl Demeter, Emlia Madarsz, Balzs Herberth
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:89 (22September2008)
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Research article
Transcriptional regulation of mouse alpha A-crystallin gene in a 148kb Cryaa BAC and its derivates
Louise Wolf, Ying Yang, Eric Wawrousek, Ales Cvekl
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:88 (19September2008)
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Research article
Expression study of cadherin7 and cadherin20 in the embryonic and adult rat central nervous system
Masanori Takahashi, Noriko Osumi
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:87 (19September2008)
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Research article
An in vivo reporter of BMP signaling in organogenesis reveals targets in the developing kidney
Ulrika Blank, Marianne L Seto, Derek C Adams, Don M Wojchowski, Michele J Karolak, Leif Oxburgh
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:86 (18September2008)
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Research article
Onset of meiosis in the chicken embryo; evidence of a role for retinoic acid
Craig A Smith, Kelly N Roeszler, Josephine Bowles, Peter Koopman, Andrew H Sinclair
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:85 (17September2008)
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Research article
Requirement of vasculogenesis and blood circulation in late stages of liver growth in zebrafish
Svetlana Korzh, Xiufang Pan, Marta Garcia-Lecea, Cecilia Lanny Winata, Xiaotao Pan, Thorsten Wohland, Vladimir Korzh, Zhiyuan Gong
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:84 (16September2008)
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Database
The Mouse Limb Anatomy Atlas: An interactive 3D tool for studying embryonic limb patterning
April DeLaurier, Nicholas Burton, Michael Bennett, Richard Baldock, Duncan Davidson, Timothy J Mohun, Malcolm PO Logan
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:83 (15September2008)
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Research article
Embryonic desiccation resistance in Aedes aegypti: presumptive role of the chitinized Serosal Cuticle
Gustavo Lazzaro Rezende, Ademir Jesus Martins, Carla Gentile, Luana Cristina Farnesi, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Alexandre Afrnio Peixoto, Denise Valle
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:82 (13September2008)
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Research article
Expression of Groucho/TLE proteins during pancreas development
Brad G Hoffman, Bogard Zavaglia, Mike Beach, Cheryl D Helgason
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:81 (8September2008)
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Research article
Targeted disruption of the mouse Csrp2 gene encoding the cysteine- and glycine-rich LIM domain protein CRP2 result in subtle alteration of cardiac ultrastructure
Julia F Sagave, Markus Moser, Elisabeth Ehler, Sabine Weiskirchen, Doris Stoll, Kalle Gnther, Reinhard Bttner, Ralf Weiskirchen
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:80 (19August2008)
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Research article
Newly identified patterns of Pax2 expression in the developing mouse forebrain
Vassiliki Fotaki, David J Price, John O Mason
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:79 (13August2008)
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Research article
Identifying candidate genes affecting developmental time in Drosophila melanogaster: pervasive pleiotropy and gene-by-environment interaction
Julin Mensch, Nicols Lavagnino, Valeria Paula Carreira, Ana Massaldi, Esteban Hasson, Juan Jos Fanara
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:78 (8August2008)
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Research article
Cold-inducible RNA binding protein (CIRP), a novel XTcf-3 specific target gene regulates neural development in Xenopus
Stephanie van Venrooy, Dagmar Fichtner, Martin Kunz, Doris Wedlich, Dietmar Gradl
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:77 (7August2008)
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Research article
Dynamic expression of Dab2 in the mouse embryonic central nervous system
Kwok-Kuen Cheung, Samuel C Mok, Payam Rezaie, Wood Yee Chan
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:76 (4August2008)
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Research article
Msx1 and Msx2 are required for endothelial-mesenchymal transformation of the atrioventricular cushions and patterning of the atrioventricular myocardium
Yi-Hui Chen, Mamoru Ishii, Henry M Sucov, Robert E Maxson Jr
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:75 (30July2008)
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Research article
GATA4 and GATA5 are essential for heart and liver development in Xenopus embryos
Kim E Haworth, Surendra Kotecha, Timothy J Mohun, Branko V Latinkic
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:74 (28July2008)
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Research article
Effects of NGF, NT-3 and GDNF family members on neurite outgrowth and migration from pelvic ganglia from embryonic and newborn mice
Ashley L Stewart, Richard B Anderson, Kazuto Kobayashi, Heather M Young
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:73 (25July2008)
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Research article
Cloning and expression of R-Spondin1 in different vertebrates suggests a conserved role in ovarian development
Craig A Smith, Christina M Shoemaker, Kelly N Roeszler, Joanna Queen, David Crews, Andrew H Sinclair
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:72 (24July2008)
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Research article
The PPARgamma-selective ligand BRL-49653 differentially regulates the fate choices of rat calvaria versus rat bone marrow stromal cell populations
Takuro Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Oizumi, Yuji Yoshiko, Kazuo Tanne, Norihiko Maeda, Jane E Aubin
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:71 (14July2008)
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Research article
CFTR and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in lung development
J Craig Cohen, Janet E Larson, Erin Killeen, Damon Love, Ken-Ichi Takemaru
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:70 (6July2008)
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Research article
Reelin induces a radial glial phenotype in human neural progenitor cells by activation of Notch-1
Serene Keilani, Kiminobu Sugaya
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:69 (1July2008)
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Research article
Dumpy-30 family members as determinants of male fertility and interaction partners of metal-responsive transcription factor 1 (MTF-1) in Drosophila
Alla Vardanyan, Lilit Atanesyan, Dieter Egli, Sunil Jayaramaiah Raja, Monica Steinmann-Zwicky, Renate Renkawitz-Pohl, Oleg Georgiev, Walter Schaffner
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:68 (27June2008)
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Research article
GATA4/FOG2 transcriptional complex regulates Lhx9 gene expression in murine heart development
Fatima O Smagulova, Nikolay L Manuylov, Lyndsay L Leach, Sergei G Tevosian
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:67 (24June2008)
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Research article
Identification of genes associated with regenerative success of Xenopus laevis hindlimbs
Esther J Pearl, Donna Barker, Robert C Day, Caroline W Beck
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:66 (23June2008)
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Research article
Endothelial-specific ablation of Serum Response Factor causes hemorrhaging, yolk sac vascular failure, and embryonic lethality
Mary L Holtz, Ravi P Misra
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:65 (20June2008)
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Research article
Yolk protein is expressed in the insect testis and interacts with sperm
Piotr Bebas, Joanna Kotwica, Ewa Joachimiak, Jadwiga M Giebultowicz
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:64 (13June2008)
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Research article
The migration of paraxial and lateral plate mesoderm cells emerging from the late primitive streak is controlled by different Wnt signals
Dylan Sweetman, Laura Wagstaff, Oliver Cooper, Cornelis Weijer, Andrea Mnsterberg
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:63 (9June2008)
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Research article
Pax7 is requisite for maintenance of a subpopulation of superior collicular neurons and shows a diverging expression pattern to Pax3 during superior collicular development
Jennifer A Thompson, Andreas Zembrzycki, Ahmed Mansouri, Mel Ziman
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:62 (30May2008)
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Research article
ParaHox gene expression in larval and postlarval development of the polychaete Nereis virens (Annelida, Lophotrochozoa)
Milana A Kulakova, Charles E Cook, Tatiana F Andreeva
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:61 (29May2008)
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Research article
Epigenetic modification of histone 3 at lysine 9 in sheep zygotes and its relationship with DNA methylation
Jian Hou, Lei Liu, Jing Zhang, Xiu-Hong Cui, Feng-Xiang Yan, Hong Guan, Yong-Fu Chen, Xiao-Rong An
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:60 (29May2008)
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Research article
Overexpression of Pax6 results in microphthalmia, retinal dysplasia and defective retinal ganglion cell axon guidance
Martine Manuel, Thomas Pratt, Min Liu, Glen Jeffery, David J Price
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:59 (28May2008)
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Research article
Control over the morphology and segregation of Zebrafish germ cell granules during embryonic development
Markus J Strasser, Natalia C Mackenzie, Karin Dumstrei, La-Iad Nakkrasae, Jrg Stebler, Erez Raz
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:58 (28May2008)
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Research article
Expression profiling in transgenic FVB/N embryonic stem cells overexpressing STAT3
Paolo Cinelli, Elisa A Casanova, Syndi Uhlig, Priska Lochmatter, Takahiko Matsuda, Takashi Yokota, Thomas Rlicke, Birgit Ledermann, Kurt Brki
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:57 (23May2008)
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Research article
Divergent roles for Eph and Ephrin in Avian Cranial Neural Crest
Dan O Mellott, Robert D Burke
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:56 (21May2008)
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Research article
On the role of the MAGUK proteins encoded by Drosophila varicose during embryonic and postembryonic development
Andr Bachmann, Margarete Draga, Ferdi Grawe, Elisabeth Knust
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:55 (18May2008)
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Research article
FLI-1 Flightless-1 and LET-60 Ras control germ line morphogenesis in C. elegans
Jiamiao Lu, William L Dentler, Erik A Lundquist
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:54 (16May2008)
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Research article
Expression of zebrafish pax6b in pancreas is regulated by two enhancers containing highly conserved cis-elements bound by PDX1, PBX and PREP factors
Franois M Delporte, Vincent Pasque, Nathalie Devos, Isabelle Manfroid, Marianne L Voz, Patrick Motte, Frdric Biemar, Joseph A Martial, Bernard Peers
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:53 (16May2008)
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