Current Topics in Developmental Biology

ISBN-13: 9780121531737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 296 str.

Gerald P. Schatten

Opis

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 mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology.

• Includes 20 color figures
• Latest volume in series, with eight reviews in more than 250 pages
• Topics covered include bone remodeling, ex vivo adult stem cell expansion, calcium sensing receptors and more

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Chapter 1. The Molecular Origins of Species-Specific Facial Pattern

Chapter 2. Molecular Bases of the Regulation of Bone Remodeling by the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway

Chapter 3. Calcium Sensing Receptors and Calcium Oscillations: Calcium as a First Messenger

Chapter 4. Signal relay during the life cycle of Dictyostelium

Chapter 5. Biological Principles for Ex Vivo Adult Stem Cell Expansion

Chapter 6. Histone deacetylation as a target for radiosensitization

Chapter 7. Chaperone Mediated Autophagy in Aging and Disease

Chapter 8. Extracellular matrix macro-assembly dynamics in early vertebrate embryos