The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 45 > Issue 4

Cover Vol. 45 N. 4

June 2001

Cover Legend

The cover picture illustrates a sagittal paraffin section of a rat demineralized bone matrix implant containing cartilage and bone tissue formed by bone marrow cells treated in vitro with recombinant human osteogenic protein-1. Picrosirius-hematoxylin staining. For more details see article by Andrades et al. in the present issue.

Original articles

Abrogation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme inhibits embryonic lung morphogenesis in culture.

J Zhao, H Chen, Y L Wang and D Warburton

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 623-631

Formation of retinal pigment epithelium in vitro by transdifferentiation of neural retina cells.

M Opas, J R Davies, Y Zhou and E Dziak

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 633-642

Synergistic action of HNF-3 and Brachyury in the notochord differentiation of ascidian embryos.

Y Shimauchi, S Chiba and N Satoh

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 643-652

The eyeless mutant gene (e) in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) affects pax-6 expression and forebrain axonogenesis.

G W Eagleson, L M Gerlach and T A Platz

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 653-660

Mesoderm formation by isolated and cultivated 8-cell stage blastomeres of the teleost, Leucopsarion ptersii (shiro-uo).

T Saito, M Kamimoto, A Miyake, E Yamaha, T Suzuki, N Nakatsuji and T Nakatsuji

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 661-668

Disto-proximal regional determination and intercalary regeneration in planarians, revealed by retinoic acid induced disruption of regeneration.

R Romero and D Bueno

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 669-673

Detection of differentially expressed genes in the early developmental stage of the mouse mandible.

H Yamaza, K Matsuo, T Kiyoshima, N Shigemura, I Kobayashi, H Wada, A Akamime and H Sakai

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 675-680

Short communications

Differential regulation of Dlx gene expression by a BMP morphogenetic gradient.

T Luo, M Matsuo-Takasaki, J H Lim and T D Sargent

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 681-684

Redneck, a new mutant of the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) likely affects the development of cranial neural crest.

S C Smith, N S Bashir and J B Armstrong

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 685-688

Selection and amplification of a bone marrow cell population and its induction to the chondro-osteogenic lineage by rhOP-1: an in vitro and in vivo study.

J A Andrades, J A SantamarĂ­a, M E Nimni and J Becerra

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2001) 45: 689-693