The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 37 > Issue 2

Cover Vol. 37 N. 2

June 1993

Review

Mechanisms of initiation and propagation of the calcium wave during fertilization in deuterostomes.

F Berger

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 245-262

Original articles

Genomic sequence and embryonic expression of the zebrafish homeobox gene hox-3.4.

J U Ericson, S Krauss and A Fjose

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 263-272

Full activation of the rat oocyte by protein synthesis inhibition requires protein phosphatase activity.

M Zernicka-Goetz, M Weber and B Maro

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 273-277

Release from the metaphase I block in invertebrate oocytes: possible involvement of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase III.

H Abdelmajid, C Leclerc-David, M Moreau, P Guerrier and A Ryazanov

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 279-290

Electrically fused-egg induction and its development in the goldfish, Carassius auratus.

E Yamaha and F Yamazaki

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 291-298

Expression of engrailed can be lost and regained in cells of one clone in crustacean embryos.

G Scholtz, W Dohle, R E Sandeman and S Richter

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 299-304

Synthesis and secretion of a 38-kDa glycopolypeptide coincides with L6 myoblast fusion.

K Metsikkö and H K Väänänen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 305-310

A Zn-finger protein, Xfin, is expressed during cone differentiation in the retina of the frog Xenopus laevis.

F M Rijli, S De Lucchini, G Ciliberto and G Barsacchi

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 311-317

Basic fibroblast growth factor as one of the essential factors regulating lens transdifferentiation of pigmented epithelial cells.

M Hyuga, R Kodama and G Eguchi

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 319-326

Expression of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-N-CAM) in developing, adult and regenerating caudal spinal cord of the urodele amphibians.

X Caubit, J P Arsanto, D Figarella-Branger and Y Thouveny

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 327-336

Cellular origin of the basement membrane in embryonic chicken/quail chimeras.

F Harrisson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 337-347

Short contributions

Hyaluronic acid modulates growth, morphology and cytoskeleton in embryonic chick skin fibroblasts.

M Bodo, F Pezzetti, T Baroni, F Carinci, N Arena, I Nicoletti and E Becchetti

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 349-352

Endocytosis of transcobalamin in male rabbit germ cells: electron microscope radioautography study.

A En-Nya, J L Gueant, E Nexø, A Gerard, E B Boukhzer, J P Nicolas and H Gerard

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 353-357

Essential role of insulin during early prepancreatic development of the frog Microhyla ornata.

S Ghaskadbi and H V Ghate

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 359-362

The control of oocyte maturation in the starfish and amphibians by serotonin and its antagonists.

G A Buznikov, L A Nikitina, A Y Galanov, L A Malchenko and O B Trubnikova

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 363-364

Technical note

The influence of tissue pretreatment on the immunohistochemical demonstration of type I and III collagens and tenascin in fetal human tooth germs.

D Laurent-Maquin, S Bouthors and D Gaillard

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1993) 37: 365-368