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Signal Factors

© Dr Mark Hill (2009)

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

Scanning electron micrograph of wildtype and antennapedia mutant fly heads (Images Dr. Rudi Turner, More? see Hox Factors)

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Signaling Factors

Signaling during development, though complex, can also be grouped into a few specific classes. These mechanisms have also been listed and described briefly on Signaling Mechanisms Introduction page.

• Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP)
• Engrailed (En)
• Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)
• Homeobox genes (Hox)
• Laminin
• MyoD
• Nodal
• Paired Box (Pax)
• Retinoic Acid (RA)
• Sonic Hedgehog (SHH)
• SRY
• T-Box genes
• Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF- b)
• T cell leukemia 3 (Tlx3)
• Olig
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)
• Wnt7a

References

Links: Journals | Online Textbooks | Search Textbooks | PubMed | Search PubMed | Glossary

Journals

Developmental Dynamics

• Special Issue Drosophila as a Model System
• Drosophila Development Poster (PDF)

Journal of Neurobiology

• Special Issue: Unexpected Roles for Morphogens in the Development and Regeneration of the CNS Volume 64, Issue 4 (15 September 2005)
• Marques G. Morphogens and synaptogenesis in Drosophila. J Neurobiol. 2005 Sep 15;64(4):417-34.

Online Textbooks

Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th Edn) Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter. New York: Garland Publishing; 2002.

Developmental Biology (6th Edn) Gilbert, Scott F. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc.; c2000.

Search NLM Online Textbooks- "hox" : Molecular Biology of the Cell | Molecular Cell Biology | The Cell- A molecular Approach

PubMed

Reviews

• Tadros W, Lipshitz HD. Setting the stage for development: mRNA translation and stability during oocyte maturation and egg activation in Drosophila. Dev Dyn. 2005 Mar;232(3):593-608.
• Pereanu W, Hartenstein V. Digital three-dimensional models of Drosophila development. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2004 Aug;14(4):382-91.
• Voas MG, Rebay I. Signal integration during development: insights from the Drosophila eye. Dev Dyn. 2004 Jan;229(1):162-75.
• Weigmann K, Klapper R, Strasser T, Rickert C, Technau G, Jackle H, Janning W, Klambt C. FlyMove--a new way to look at development of Drosophila. Trends Genet. 2003 Jun;19(6):310-1. Review. Erratum in: Trends Genet. 2003 Sep;19(9):484.

Articles

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Search Aug2005 "hox" ?? reference articles of which ?? were reviews.

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