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BMC Developmental Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of cellular, tissue-level and organismal aspects of development.
BMC Developmental Biology (ISSN 1471-213X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :105
Two key sites in the Sox10 zebrafish gene regulate the spatiotemporal patterning of Sox10 in early neural crest induction and their conserved positions in mammals suggests they are the major sites of Sox10 regulation in vertebrates.
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :104
Developmental expression of the Drosophila gene dSTIM, which regulates calcium entry into cells, indicates it has key functions in tissue patterning and cell fate in specific tissues and a potential role in cell signaling
BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :85
Early commitment of germ cells to meiosis in chicken embryos is dependent on retinoic acid signaling, as is already known to be the case for the equivalent process in mice.
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Exposure to light enhances pre-adult fitness in two dark-dwelling sympatric species of ants Shahnaz RAHMAN Lone, Vijay KUMAR Sharma BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :113 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Neurotransmitter alterations in embryonic succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency suggest a heightened excitatory state during development Erwin EW Jansen, Eduard Struys, Cornelis Jakobs, Elizabeth Hager, O. Carter Snead III, K. Michael Gibson BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :112 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gap junctions in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster: localization of innexins 1, 2, 3 and 4 and evidence for intercellular communication via innexin-2 containing channels Johannes Bohrmann, Jennifer Zimmermann BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :111 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The C. elegans EMAP-like protein, ELP-1 is required for normal touch sensation and associates with microtubules and adhesion complexes Jennifer L. Hueston, Gina Purinton Herren, Juan G. Cueva, Matthew Buechner, Erik A. Lundquist, Miriam B. Goodman, Kathy A. Suprenant BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :110 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Lc3-synthase gene B3gnt5 is essential to pre-implantation development of the murine embryo Franziska Biellmann, Andreas J H BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :109 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nlz1/Znf703 acts as a repressor of transcription Mako Nakamura, Seong-Kyu Choe, Alexander P Runko, Paul D Gardner, Charles G Sagerstr BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :108 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes. Eleonore S Kohler, Selvakumari Sankaranarayanan, Christa J van Ginneken, Paul van Dijk, Jacqueline L M Vermeulen, Jan M Ruijter, Wouter H Lamers, Elisabeth Bruder BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :107 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Expression of BLIMP1/PRMT5 and concurrent histone H2A/H4 arginine 3 dimethylation in fetal germ cells, CIS/IGCNU and germ cell tumors Dawid Eckert, Katharina Biermann, Daniel Nettersheim, Ad J.M. Gillis, Klaus Steger, Hans-Martin Jack, Annette M. Muller, Leendert H.J. Looijenga, Hubert Schorle BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :106 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An evolutionarily conserved intronic region controls the spatiotemporal expression of the transcription factor Sox10 James R Dutton, Anthony Antonellis, Thomas J Carney, Frederico SLM Rodrigues, William J Pavan, Andrew Ward, Robert N Kelsh BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :105 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Drosophila STIM1 orthologue, dSTIM, has roles in cell fate specification and tissue patterning Jean-Pierre Eid, Alfonso Martinez Arias, Hannah Robertson, Gary R Hime, Marie Dziadek BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8 :104 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Drosophila olfactory local interneurons and projection neurons derive from a common neuroblast lineage specified by the empty spiracles gene. Abhijit Das, Sonia Sen, Robert Lichtneckert, Ryuichi Okada, Kei Ito, Veronica Rodrigues, Heinrich Reichert Neural Development 2008, 3 :33 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Reduced developmental competence of immature, in-vitro matured and postovulatory aged mouse oocytes following IVF and ICSI Orly Lacham-Kaplan, Alan Trounson Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6 :58 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The MYST histone acetyltransferases are essential for gametophyte development in Arabidopsis David Latrasse, Moussa Benhamed, Yves Henry, Severine Domenichini, Wanhui Kim, Dao-Xiu Zhou, Marianne Delarue BMC Plant Biology 2008, 8 :121 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phosphatase Inhibitor 2 Promotes Acetylation of Tubulin in the Primary Cilium of Human Retinal Epithelial Cells. Weiping Wang, David L Brautigan BMC Cell Biology 2008, 9 :62 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Targeted Mutation of EphB1 Receptor Prevents Development of Neuropathic Hyperalgesia and Physical Dependence on Morphine in Mice. Yuan Han, Xue-Song Song, Wen-Tao Liu, Mark Henkemeyer, Xue-Jun Song Molecular Pain 2008, 4 :60 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Morphological and molecular characterization of a spontaneously tuberizing potato mutant: an insight into the regulatory mechanisms of tuber induction Lukas Fischer, Helena Lipavska, Jean-Francois Hausman, Zdenek Opatrny BMC Plant Biology 2008, 8 :117 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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ErbB3 is required for ductal morphogenesis in the mouse mammary gland Amy J Jackson-Fisher, Gary Bellinger, Jerrica L Breindel, Fattaneh A Tavassoli, Carmen J Booth, James K Duong, David F Stern Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10 :R96 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Interlinked nonlinear subnetworks underlie the formation of robust cellular patterns in Arabidopsis epidermis: a dynamic spatial model Mariana Benitez, Carlos Espinosa-Soto, Pablo Padilla-Longoria, Elena R Alvarez-Buylla BMC Systems Biology 2008, 2 :98 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The involvement of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase and N-acetylglucosamine residues in fertilization has been lost in the horse Sylvie Mugnier, Stephane Boittin, Cecile Douet, Philippe Monget, Michele Magistrini, Ghylene Goudet Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6 :51 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microarray analysis identifies candidate genes for key roles in coral development Lauretta C Grasso, John Maindonald, Stephen Rudd, David C Hayward, Robert Saint, David J Miller, Eldon E Ball BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :540 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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