Current topics in developmental biology. v. 68 /edited by Gerald P. Schatten. --Elsevier, 2005. -- (58.12/C976/v.68)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Prolactin and growth hormone signaling  2

2.       Alterations in camp-mediated signaling and their role in the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy  26

3.       Corpus luteum development: lessons from genetic models in mice  50

4.       Comparative developmental biology of the mammalian uterus  86

5.       Sarcopenia of aging and its metabolic impact  124

6.       Chemokine receptor CXCR3: an unexpected enigma  150

7.       Assembly and signaling of adhesion complexes  184

8.       Signaling mechanisms of higher plant photoreceptors: a structure-function perspective  228

9.       Initial failure in myoblast transplantation therapy has led the way toward the isolation of muscle stem cells: potential for tissue regeneration  264

10.   Role of 14-3-3 proteins in eukaryotic signaling and development  282

11.   The Evolution and function of blue and red lighe photoreceptors  318