
Vertebrate Skeletal Development
- 1st Edition, Volume 133 - March 20, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Bjorn R. Olsen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 0 4 8 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 0 4 8 8 - 0
Vertebrate Skeletal Development, Volume 133, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, presents interesting chapters on a variety of topics, with… Read more
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Vertebrate Skeletal Development, Volume 133, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, presents interesting chapters on a variety of topics, with this edition focusing on Craniofacial skeletal development, Regulatory mechanism of jawbone and tooth development, Development of the axial skeleton and intervertebral discs, Stem and progenitor cells in skeletal development, Origin, functioning and morphogenetic activity of limb synovial joint, ECM signaling in cartilage development and endochondral ossification, Sox genes in skeletal development, Wnt-Signaling in Skeletal Development, Gαs signaling in skeletal development and diseases, FGF signaling in skeletal development, Bone morphogenetic growth factors in bone development, and more.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series
- Includes the latest information on Vertebrate Skeletal Development
Clinicians in the fields of endocrinology, rheumatology, orthopedics, pediatrics and dentistry; basic scientists in anatomy, cell and developmental biology; students and postdoctoral fellows who would like to enter these fields and make further discoveries as well as improve the treatment of major bone-related disorders.
1. Stem and progenitor cells in skeletal development
Noriaki Ono, Deepak H. Balani and Henry M. Kronenberg
2. ECM signaling in cartilage development and endochondral ossification
Carina Prein and Frank Beier
3. Development of the axial skeleton and intervertebral disc
Sade Williams, Bashar Alkhatib and Rosa Serra
4. Regulatory mechanisms of jaw bone and tooth development
Yuan Yuan and Yang Chai
5. Joints in the appendicular skeleton: Developmental mechanisms and evolutionary influences
Danielle Rux, Rebekah S. Decker, Eiki Koyama and Maurizio Pacifici
6. BMPs, TGFβ, and border security at the interzone
Karen M. Lyons and Vicki Rosen
7. Roles and regulation of SOX transcription factors in skeletogenesis
Véronique Lefebvre
8. Fibroblast growth factors in skeletal development
David M. Ornitz and Pierre J. Marie
9. Wnt-signaling in skeletal development
Stefan Teufel and Christine Hartmann
10. Gαs signaling in skeletal development, homeostasis and diseases
Qian Cong, Ruoshi Xu and Yingzi Yang
11. Importance of the circadian clock in tendon development
Ching-Yan Chloé Yeung and Karl E. Kadler
12. Mechanistic insights into skeletal development gained from genetic disorders
Raymond K.H. Yip, Danny Chan and Kathryn S.E. Cheah
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 133
- Published: March 20, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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