Current Topics in Developmental Biology

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-08-058468-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 45, 261 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 45 surveys the major issues at the forefront of developmental biology. This volume, like others in the serial, is valuable to researchers in the fields of animal and plant development, and to students and other professionals who want an introduction to current topics in cellular and molecular approaches to developmental biology. Chapters on the nervous system, reproductive system, and flowering introduce new models and concepts for understanding these processes. - Includes development of the nervous and reproductive systems - Covers flowering in plants - Highlights the roles of homeobox-related transcription factors and growth factors in axis and organ development

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Copyright Page;5
3;TOC$Contents;6
4;Contributors;10
5;Preface;12
6;CH$Chapter 1. Development of the Leaf Epidermis;14
6.1;I. Introduction;14
6.2;II. Morphology;15
6.3;III. Ontogeny;18
6.4;IV. Epidermal Identity;22
6.5;V. Epidermal Growth;24
6.6;VI. Interactions with Internal Tissues;29
6.7;VII. Pattern Formation and Cellular Differentiation;31
6.8;VIII. Determined State of the Epidermis;37
6.9;IX. The Cuticle;42
6.10;X. Summary;45
6.11;References;45
7;CH$Chapter 2. Genes and Their Products in Sea Urchin Development;54
7.1;I. Introduction;55
7.2;II. Histones;56
7.3;III. Cytoskeletal Actin Genes;60
7.4;IV. Endo16 and Other Endoderm-Specific Genes;68
7.5;V. Ectoderm-Specific Genes;69
7.6;VI. Genes of the Primary Mesenchyme or However Relevant to the Extracellular Matrix;72
7.7;VII. Genes for Cortical Granule Content and Genes Related to the Wnt Pathway and Gastrulation;78
7.8;VIII. Homeobox-Containing Genes and Genes for Transcription Factors That Do Not Contain Homeobox;83
7.9;IX. Tubulin Genes and Other Genes Related to Ciliogenesis and to the Mitotic Apparatus;86
7.10;X. Genes for Cyclin and Other Cell Division Related Proteins;88
7.11;XI. Genes for Kinases, a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor, and Metallothionein;89
7.12;XII. Genes for Heat Shock Proteins (hsps) and Ubiquitin Genes;90
7.13;XIII. Genes That Are Differentially Expressed along the Animal-Vegetal Axis;92
7.14;XIV. Genes for Arylsulfatase, Myogenic Factors, and Ribosomal Proteins, Genes with an EGF Domain, and Genes for Poly(A)-Binding Proteins;94
7.15;XV. Genes for Jelly Proteins and the Egg Receptor for Sperm;96
7.16;XVI. Genes Expressed by Coelomocytes;97
7.17;XVII. Miscellaneous Genes;97
7.18;XVIII. Proto-oncogenes and Retroposons;100
7.19;References;101
8;CH$Chapter 3. The Organizer of the Gastrulating Mouse Embryo;130
8.1;I. Introduction;130
8.2;II. The Mouse Gastrula Organizers;134
8.3;III. Separate Head and Trunk Organizing Activity;144
8.4;IV. Tissue Patterning and the Specification of the Gastrula Organizer;156
8.5;V. An Organizer for All Seasons?;161
8.6;References;162
9;CH$Chapter 4. Molecular Genetics of Gynoecium Development in Arabidopsis;172
9.1;I. Introduction;173
9.2;II. Gynoecium Structure and Development in Arabidopsis;176
9.3;III. Molecular Genetics of Carpel Development;196
9.4;IV. Lessons from Analyses of Gene Expression Patterns;214
9.5;V. Conclusions;217
9.6;References;224
10;CH$Chapter 5. Digging out Roots: Pattern Formation, Cell Division, and Morphogenesis in Plants;232
10.1;I. Introduction;233
10.2;II. Embryonic Pattern Formation;234
10.3;III. Postembryonic Perpetuation of Cellular Pattern;245
10.4;IV. Control of Cell Division during Development;250
10.5;V. Growth and Organ Morphogenesis;259
10.6;VI. Concluding Remarks;264
10.7;References;265
11;IDX$Index;274
12;Contents of Previous Volumes;284