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Live imaging and analysis of postnatal mouse retinal development
Philip EB Nickerson, Kara M Ronellenfitch, Nicklaus F Csuzdi, Jamie D Boyd, Perry L Howard, Kerry R Delaney, Robert L Chow BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :24 (10 June 2013)
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An improved method, using CO2-independent culture medium and agarose embedding, for live imaging of mouse retinal explants allows tracking of interkinetic nuclear migration within individual retinal cells, and analysis of changes in retinal progenitor cell morphology.
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Expression of phosphatase of regenerating liver family genes during embryogenesis: an evolutionary developmental analysis among Drosophila , amphioxus, and zebrafish
Ming-Der Lin, Hsun-Tzu Lee, Szu-Chieh Wang, Han-Ru Li, Hsin-Lun Hsien, Kai-Wen Cheng, Yu-Di Chang, Min-Lang Huang, Jr-Kai Yu, Yau-Hung Chen BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :18 (4 May 2013)
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A bright single-cell resolution live imaging reporter of Notch signaling in the mouse
Sonja Nowotschin, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Nadine Schrode, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :15 (25 April 2013)
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Transgenic mice expressing a nuclear-localized fluorescent protein driven by responsive elements, taken from the CBF1 transcription factor, allow single-cell resolution of the Notch signaling pathway, with greater sensitivity and resolution than previous reporter lines.
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Evidence for the requirement of 14-3-3eta (YWHAH) in meiotic spindle assembly during mouse oocyte maturation
Santanu De, Douglas Kline BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :10 (1 April 2013)
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In situ hybridization protocol for enhanced detection of gene expression in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea
Ryan S King, Phillip A Newmark BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :8 (12 March 2013)
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Modification of multiple steps in in situ hybridization methods for the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea greatly increase signal detection and may prove useful for whole-mount fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in other model organisms
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Identifying targets of the Sox domain protein Dichaete in the Drosophila CNS via targeted expression of dominant negative proteins
Shih Pei Shen, Jelena Aleksic, Steven Russell BMC Developmental Biology 2013, 13 :1 (5 January 2013)
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Standardised classification of pre-release development in male-brooding pipefish, seahorses, and seadragons (Family Syngnathidae)
Stefan Sommer, Camilla M Whittington, Anthony B Wilson BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :39 (29 December 2012)
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Pax4 is not essential for beta-cell differentiation in zebrafish embryos but modulates alpha-cell generation by repressing arx gene expression
Joachim Djiotsa, Vincianne Verbruggen, Jean Giacomotto, Minaka Ishibashi, Elisabeth Manning, Silke Rinkwitz, Isabelle Manfroid, Marianne L Voz, Bernard Peers BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :37 (17 December 2012)
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R-spondins are involved in the ovarian differentiation in a teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes )
Linyan Zhou, Tapas Charkraborty, Xiangguo Yu, Limin Wu, Gang Liu, Sipra Mohapatra, Deshou Wang, Yoshitaka Nagahama BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :36 (7 December 2012)
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Distinct patterns of notochord mineralization in zebrafish coincide with the localization of Osteocalcin isoform 1 during early vertebral centra formation
Anabela Bensimon-Brito, João Cardeira, Maria Cancela, Ann Huysseune, Paul Witten BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :28 (9 October 2012)
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Prolonged FGF signaling is necessary for lung and liver induction in Xenopus
Emily T Shifley, Alan P Kenny, Scott A Rankin, Aaron M Zorn BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :27 (18 September 2012)
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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
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An amputation resets positional information to a proximal identity in the regenerating zebrafish caudal fin
Ana Azevedo, Sara Sousa, António Jacinto, Leonor Saúde BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :24 (25 August 2012)
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Conserved cis -regulatory regions in a large genomic landscape control SHH and BMP-regulated Gremlin1 expression in mouse limb buds
Aimée Zuniga, Frédéric Laurent, Javier Lopez-Rios, Christian Klasen, Nicolas Matt, Rolf Zeller BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :23 (13 August 2012)
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Distant cis-regulatory regions scattered through a larger genome region control the highly dynamic expression of Gremlin1 (GREM1), a Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) antagonist, which is key to normal progression of mouse limb bud development.
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Histone deacetylase-4 is required during early cranial neural crest development for generation of the zebrafish palatal skeleton
April DeLaurier, Yukio Nakamura, Ingo Braasch, Vishesh Khanna, Hiroyuki Kato, Shigeyuki Wakitani, John H Postlethwait, Charles B Kimmel BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :16 (7 June 2012)
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Histone deacetylase-4 (hdac4) is required for the correct migration of cranial neural crest-derived precursor cells during zebrafish early embryogenesis, with loss resulting in skeletal defects such as shortening of the face of young larvae.
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Disruption of the folate pathway in zebrafish causes developmental defects
Marina S Lee, Jenna R Bonner, David J Bernard, Erica L Sanchez, Eric T Sause, R Prentice, Shawn M Burgess, Lawrence C Brody BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :12 (5 April 2012)
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Genetic and physical interaction of Meis2, Pax3 and Pax7 during dorsal midbrain development
Zsuzsa Agoston, Naixin Li, Anja Haslinger, Andrea Wizenmann, Dorothea Schulte BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :10 (5 March 2012)
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The transcription factors Pax3 and Pax7 regulate each other's expression in the dorsal midbrain of chick embryos and modulate the expression of Meis2, a TALE-homeodomain protein, required for normal development of this brain region
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Skeletal muscle regeneration in Xenopus tadpoles and zebrafish larvae
Alexandre Rodrigues, Bea Christen, Mercé Martí, Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :9 (27 February 2012)
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Regenerating limbs in lower amphibians, such as tadpoles and zebrafish, show no evidence of myofibre dedifferentiation indicating that this process is less important to regeneration than previously thought and implicating progenitor cells as the major players.
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Transcriptional signature of accessory cells in the lateral line, using the Tnk1bp1 :EGFP transgenic zebrafish line
Martine Behra, Viviana E Gallardo, John Bradsher, Aranza Torrado, Abdel Elkahloun, Jennifer Idol, Jessica Sheehy, Seth Zonies, Lisha Xu, Kenna M Shaw, Chie Satou, Shin-ichi Higashijima, Brant M Weinstein, Shawn M Burgess BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :6 (24 January 2012)
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HOXA13 and HOXD13 expression during development of the syndactylous digits in the marsupial Macropus eugenii
Keng Yih Chew, Hongshi Yu, Andrew J Pask, Geoffrey Shaw, Marilyn B Renfree BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :2 (11 January 2012)
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Desmosomal cadherins in zebrafish epiboly and gastrulation
Alexander Goonesinghe, Xing-Ming Luan, Adam Hurlstone, David Garrod BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12 :1 (11 January 2012)
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Targeting the hemangioblast with a novel cell type-specific enhancer
Vera Teixeira, Natacha Arede, Rui Gardner, Joaquín Rodríguez-León, Ana T Tavares BMC Developmental Biology 2011, 11 :76 (28 December 2011)
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The identification of a hemangioblast-specific enhancer (Hb) allows live imaging of hemangioblast cells by expression of green fluorescent protein and will facilitate study of hemangioblast cell fate and blood island morphogenesis.
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Retinoic acid is a key regulatory switch determining the difference between lung and thyroid fates in Xenopus laevis
Jean H Wang, Steven J Deimling, Nicole E D'Alessandro, Lin Zhao, Fred Possmayer, Thomas A Drysdale BMC Developmental Biology 2011, 11 :75 (20 December 2011)
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The response of early neural genes to FGF signaling or inhibition of BMP indicate the absence of a conserved neural induction module
Crystal D Rogers, George S Ferzli, Elena S Casey BMC Developmental Biology 2011, 11 :74 (15 December 2011)
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Progenitor expansion in apc mutants is mediated by Jak/Stat signaling
Junji Lin, Xu Wang, Richard I Dorsky BMC Developmental Biology 2011, 11 :73 (2 December 2011)
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Desert hedgehog is a mammal-specific gene expressed during testicular and ovarian development in a marsupial
William A O'Hara, Walid J Azar, Richard R Behringer, Marilyn B Renfree, Andrew J Pask BMC Developmental Biology 2011, 11 :72 (1 December 2011)
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