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Current Topics in Developmental Biology

  • 1st Edition, Volume 76 - October 18, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Gerald P. Schatten
  • Language: English

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. These volumes are valuable to researchers in ani… Read more

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Description

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. These volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology.

Key features

  • Includes many descriptive figures
  • Topics covered include Wnt signaling, controlling regulatory networks, cartilage growth plates, and more
  • Latest volume in the series that covers seven reviews in 300 pages

Readership

Developmental biologists, cell biologists, genetics researchers, molecular biologists, and plant and animal biologists

Table of contents

Chapter 1
BMP signaling in the cartilage growth plate
Robert Pogue & Karen Lyons

Chapter 2
Bik1p, the yeast CLIP-170
Rita K. Miller, Sonia D’Silva, Jeffrey K. Moore, and Holly V. Goodson

Chapter 3
Aggregate-prone proteins are cleared from the cytosol by autophagy – therapeutic implications
Andrea Williams, Luca Jahreiss, Sovan Sarkar, Shinji Saiki, Fiona M Menzies, Brinda Ravikumar and David C Rubinsztein

Chapter 4
Wnt signaling: A key regulator of bone mass
Roland Baron, Georges Rawadi and Sergio Roman-Roman

Chapter 5
Eukaryotic DNA replication in a chromatin context
Angel P. Tabancay, Jr., Susan L. Forsburg

Chapter 6
The regulatory network controlling the proliferation - meiotic entry decision in the C. elegans germ line
Dave Hansen, Tim Schedl

Chapter 7
Regulation of Angiogenesis by Hypoxia and Hypoxia-inducible Factors
Michele M. Hickey and M. Celeste Simon

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 76
  • Published: May 15, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editor

GS

Gerald P. Schatten

Affiliations and expertise
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, U.S.A.

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