Graded maternal short gastrulation protein contributes to embryonic dorsal-ventral patterning by delayed induction

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Using a study on Drosophila, the role of maternal bone morphogenetic proteins, decapentaplegic and short gastrulation, in embryonic patterning during oogenesis, is analyzed.

author: Carneiro, K., Fontenele, M., Negreiros, E., Lopes, E., Bier, E., Araujo, H.
Brazil, Oogenesis

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Twisted gastrulation is required for forebrain specification and cooperates with chordin to inhibit BMP signaling during X. tropicalis gastrulation

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The role of twisted gastrulation and chordin in inhibiting bone morphogenetic protein signaling for development of the fore brain in Xenopus tropicalis is studied.

author: Harland, Richard M., Wills, Andrea, Khokha, Mustafa K.
Growth, Brain, Xenopus, Gastrulation, Company growth

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Rac function in epithelial tube morphogenesis

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The role of rac gene during morphogenesis of Drosophila salivary glands and epithelium is presented.

author: Pirraglia, Carolyn, Jattani, Rakhi, Myat, Monn Monn
Salivary glands, Epithelium

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subjects list: Research, United States, Embryology, Experimental, Embryological research, Drosophila, Morphogenesis, Bone morphogenetic proteins