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Current topics in developmental biology /
Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. The 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 mech...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego ; London :
Academic Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Current topics in developmental biology ;
72. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Series Editor; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Defending the Zygote: Search for the Ancestral Animal Block to Polyspermy; I. Introduction; II. Egg Extracellular Matrix; A. Construction of an Egg Extracellular Matrix; B. Zona Pellucida Homologs; C. Using Homologs to Enhance Structural Diversity; D. Diversity of Non-ZP Structural Proteins; E. Divergence or Convergence in Egg ECM Phylogeny?; III. Cortical Granules; A. Cortical Granule Enzymes; B. Nonenzymatic Proteins of Cortical Granules; IV. Courtship, Gamete Attraction, and Sperm/Egg Ratios
- A. Behavior, Anatomy, and MonospermyB. Egg Attraction; C. Cell-Mediated Reduction in Sperm Quantity; V. Initial Gamete Contact; A. Variability in Locations of Initial Sperm Contact; B. Oligosaccharide Sperm Receptors; C. Sperm Ligand for the Egg; D. Common Thread to Initial Sperm-Egg Interactions?; VI. After the Acrosome Reaction; A. Secondary Sperm Contact; B. Acrosomal Proteases; C. Penetration of Egg ECM in the Absence of Proteolysis; VII. Climax of Fertilization; A. Sites of Fusion and Membrane Properties; B. Egg Contributions to Fusion; C. Sperm Contributions to Fusion
- D. Extracellular CalciumVIII. A Denouement; A. Fast Electrical Block to Polyspermy; B. Zygotic Intracellular Calcium-Dependent Signaling; IX. Producing the Physical Block to Polyspermy; A. Cortical Granule Contents + Egg ECM = ?; B. Modifying the Egg ECM by Destruction; C. Modifying the Egg ECM by Addition; D. Modifying the Egg ECM by Transmogrification; E. Regulation of ECM-Modifying Enzymes; F. Unusual Suspects; X. Descendents of Requisite Polyspermy?; XI. Perspective; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Dishevelled: A Mobile Scaffold Catalyzing Development; I. Introduction
- II. Dishevelled, a Scaffold/""Toolbox"" for Wnt SignalingIII. The Contents of the ""Toolbox""; IV. Mobile Scaffold?; V. Major Hurdles Ahead; VI. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Sensory Organs: Making and Breaking the Pre-Placodal Region; I. Introduction; A. Cranial Placodes and Their Derivatives; B. A Common Placode Ground State?; II. The ""Pre-Placodal Region""; A. Location of Precursors and Gene Expression; 1. Neural and Epidermal Bias at Blastula Stages; 2. Refinement of Neural and Epidermal Regions at Gastrula Stages
- 3. Emergence of the Pre-Placodal Domain at Neurula StagesB. Tissue Interactions; 1. Relationship of Neural and PPR Induction; 2. Role of the Neural Plate, Mesoderm, and Endoderm; C. Signaling Pathways; 1. BMP Signaling; 2. FGF Signaling; 3. Integration of BMP and FGF Pathways; 4. Wnt Signaling; D. Integrating Tissues and Signaling Pathways; III. Subdivision of the Pre-Placodal Region into Primordia with Distinct Identity; A. Early Anterior-Posterior Patterning within the PPR; B. Onset of Placode-Specific Gene Expression; C. Localized Induction of Placode Primordia