Expression of the lefty gene (purple staining) in the visceral endoderm and the mesoderm of early gastrulating mouse em bryos (upper row) and its ectopic induction in the visceral endoderm layer upon treatment with retinoic acid (lower row). For details see "Stra3/lefty, a retinoic acid-induc ible novel member of the transforming growth factor-b superfamily" by M. Oulad-Abdelghani et al. in this issue.





VOLUME 42, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1998

pages 1-106

Contents

 

 

REVIEWS

 

Ca2+ oscillations in the activation of the egg and development of the embryo in mammals

by Keith T. Jones 1

(Abstract)

 

Embryological and genetic aspects of middle ear development

by Moisés Mallo 11

(Abstract)

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

 

Stra3/lefty, a retinoic acid-inducible novel member of the transforming growth factor-b superfamily

Mustapha Oulad-Abdelghani, Claire Chazaud, Philippe Bouillet, Marie-Geneviève Mattei, Pascal Dollé and Pierre Chambon 23

(Abstract)

 

The expression of MDP-1, a component of Drosophila embryonic basement membranes, is modulated by apoptotic cell death

Michael Hortsch, Allison Olson, Stacy Fishman, Steven N. Soneral, Yasmin Marikar, Rong Dong and J. Roger Jacobs 33

(Abstract)

 

Differential expression of nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPK/NM23) during Xenopus early development

Taoufik Ouatas, Myriam SÉLO, Zahia SADJI, Jacques HOURDRY, Herman Denis and André Mazabraud 43

(Abstract)

 

The bifunctional protein DCoH/PCD, a transcription factor with a cytoplasmic enzymatic activity, is a maternal factor in the rat egg and expressed tissue specifically during embryogenesis

(Abstract)

Elke Pogge v. Strandmann, Sabine Senkel and Gerhart U. Ryffel 53

 

Expression pattern of the rat Lim-1 homeobox gene suggests a dual role during kidney development

Alex A. KARAVANOV, Irina KARAVANOVA, Alan PERANTONI and Igor B. DAWID 61

(Abstract)

 

Involvement of NF-kB associated proteins in FGF-mediated mesoderm induction

Caroline W. Beck, David J. Sutherland and Hugh R. Woodland 67

(Abstract)

 

Morphological evidence for a morphogenetic field in gastropod mollusc eggs

Sheena E.B. TYLER, Ronald D. BUTLER and Susan J. KIMBER 79

(Abstract)

 

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

 

A mouse mandibular culture model permits the study of neural crest cell migration and tooth development

Yang Chai, Pablo Bringas, Jr., Charles Shuler, Eric Devaney,

Rudolf Grosschedl and Harold C. Slavkin 87

(Abstract)

 

SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS

 

High proliferation rate characterizes the site of axis formation in the avian blastula-stage embryo

Netta Zahavi, Vanda Reich and Oded Khaner 95

(Abstract)

 

Stage-dependent skeletal malformations induced by Valproic acid in rat

Elena Menegola, Maria Luisa Broccia, Mariangela Prati, and Erminio Giavini 99

(Abstract)

 

Soluble and membrane-bound pyroglutamyl-peptidase I activity in the developing cerebellum and brain cortex

Juan Manuel DE GANDARIAS, Jon IRAZUSTA, Margarita SILIO, Javier GIL, Nerea SAITUA and Luis CASIS 103

(Abstract)