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FGF signalling in vertebrate development / Mary Elizabeth Pownall and Harry V. Isaacs.
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- Author/Creator:
- Pownall, Mary Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
- Colloquium series on developmental biology ; # 2.
- Colloquium series on developmental biology ; # 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fibroblast growth factors.
- Vertebrates--Growth.
- Vertebrates.
- Fibroblast Growth Factors.
- Vertebrates--growth & development.
- Growth.
- Medical Subjects:
- Fibroblast Growth Factors.
- Vertebrates--growth & development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (viii, 75 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Fibroblast growth factors signalling in vertebrate development.
- Place of Publication:
- San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan and Claypool, [2010]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) represent one of the relatively few families of extracellular signalling peptides that have been shown in recent decades to be key regulators of metazoan development. FGFs are required for multiple processes in both protostome and deuterostome groups. Given the wide range of regulatory roles attributed to the FGFs, it is perhaps not surprising that misregulation of this signalling pathway has been implicated in a number of human disease conditions. The focus of the present review is to look at the fundamental components of the FGF pathway and illustrate how this highly conserved regulatory cassette has been deployed to regulate multiple, diverse processes during vertebrate development. This review will explore examples from several vertebrate model organisms and include discussions of the role of FGF signalling in regulating the establishment of the mesoderm, neural patterning, morphogenesis, myogenesis, limb development, and the establishment of right-left asymmetry.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- FGF ligands
- FGF receptors
- Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans
- FGF signal transduction
- Regulators
- Sulfatases and Sulfotransferases
- Sprouty
- MAPK phosphatases
- Sef
- FLRT
- Integration with other signalling pathways
- Mesoderm induction
- Neural induction
- FGF signalling and posterior neural patterning
- FGF signalling at the Isthmic Organizer
- FGF signalling at the anterior neural ridge
- Morphogenesis
- Gastrulation
- Inner ear
- Lateral line
- Pronephros
- Branching morphogenesis
- The developing heart
- Somitogenesis
- FGF and myogenesis
- Limb development
- Apical ectodermal ridge
- The ZPA requires the AER and vice versa
- FGF and left-right asymmetry
- Perspectives
- References
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Part of: Colloquium digital library of life sciences.
- Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 10, 2010).
- Series from website.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-74a).
- ISBN:
- 9781615040643
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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