Gene Expression at the Beginning of Animal Development

by DePamphilis

• ISBN13: 9780444510488
• ISBN10: 0444510486
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-30
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Volumes in Advances in Developmental Biology and Biochemistry consider timely issues in this important subject area. They provide annual reviews of selected topics, written from the perspectives of leading investigators in the field and drawn heavily from each author's own research.This volume, Regulation of Gene Expression, focuses on the embryonic development of flies, mammals, and amphibians. Topics include spermatogenesis, oogenesis, pre-implantation development, cell cycle control, cell pattern formation, and genomic imprinting. Each essay will interest those involved in improving in vitro fertilization, developing preimplantation genetic diagnoses for various diseases, cloning animals by transplanting nuclei, and researching the use of embryonic stem cells to cure genetic diseases or replace damaged tissues.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
List of Contributors	xv
Gene expression during mouse spermatogenesis	1	(30)
Klaus Steger
Egg zona pellucida, egg vitelline envelope, and related extracellular glycoproteins	31	(24)
Luca Jovine
Eveline S. Litscher
Paul M. Wassarman
Activation of zygotic gene expression in mammals	55	(30)
Melvin L. DePamphilis
Kotaro J. Kaneko
Alex Vassilev
Early embryonic gene transcription in Xenopus	85	(22)
Gert Jan C. Veenstra
The cell cycle during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in Drosophila	107	(48)
Giovanni Bosco
Terry L. Orr-Weaver
Anterior-posterior patterning in the Drosophila embryo	155	(50)
Andrzej Nasiadka
Bruce H. Dietrich
Henry M. Krause
Embryonic stem cell development in mammals	205	(28)
Colin L. Stewart
Genomic imprinting	233	(32)
Katharine L. Arney
Sylvia Erhardt
M. Azim Surani
Colour plate section	265