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Genes

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Murine Control Genes

1990

Murine Development Control Genes

Kessel, M. and Gruss, P.

Early Hox Gene Expression

1995

Homeobox gene expression in human oocytes and preembryos

Verlinsky

Hox

1993

Control of morphogenesis and differentiation by HOM/Hox genes.

Botas, J.

Retinoic Acid

1996

Embryonic development and pattern formation

Morrisskay

Wnt2 gene

1996

Targeted disruption of the Wnt2 gene results in placentation defects

Monkley

Methylation

1995

DNA methylation in early development

Razin

2009

Growth Factors

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

EGF

1994

Epidermal growth factor receptor and human fetoplacental development

Evainbrion

1229

FGF

1995

The mouse Fgf8 gene encodes a family of polypeptides and is expressed in regions that direct outgrowth and patterning in the developing embryo

Crossley

1473

FGF

1994

Targeted expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor blocks branching morphogenesis and epithelial differentiation of the mouse lung

Peters

855

Adhesion

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Neural Crest

1993

The role of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in the morphogenesis of the neural crest

Erickson

377

1995

Neural crest cell-cell adhesion controlled by sequential and subpopulation-specific expression of novel cadherins

Nakagawa

1626

Focal Adhesions

1992

Focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK): A point of convergence in the action of neuropeptides, integrins, and oncogenes

Zachary

11

1994

Integrin switching regulates normal trophoblast invasion

Damsky

1218

Early Development

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Mesoderm

1996

The role of short-range and long-range signaling in mesoderm induction and patterning during Xenopus development

Reilly

3066

Ectoderm

1995

Neuroectodermal fate of epiblast cells in the distal region of the mouse egg cylinder: Implication for body plan organization during early embryogenesis

Quinlan

1231

Axis

1997

Establishment of the axis in chordates: facts and speculations

Eyal-Giladl

Heart

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Review

1997

Fashioning the vertebrate heart: earliest embryonic decisions

Fishman

Cardiogenic fate

1997

The allocation of epiblast cells to the embryonic heart and other mesodermal lineages: the role of ingression and tissue movement during gastrulation.

Tam, P.P.L. et al

Kidney

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

1994

Kidney Development

Bard

1145

Muscle

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Skeletal

1995

Muscle specific gene expression during myogenesis in the mouse

Ontell

1504

Skeletal

1996

Molecular embryology of skeletal myogenesis

Venuti

Somites

1995

Early stages of chick somite development.

Christ, B. and Ordahl, C.P.

Smooth

1995

Regulation of differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

Owens

1776

Smooth

1996

Molecular analysis of smooth muscle development in the mouse

Mchugh

Nervous System

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

Spinal Cord

1996

Diversity and pattern in the developing spinal cord

Tanabe

3254

1996

Determination of neuroepithelial cell fate: Induction of the oligodendrocyte lineage by ventral midline cells and sonic hedgehog

Pringle

3130

CNS

1995

Determination events in the nervous system of the vertebrate embryo

Superieure

Limbs

Year

Reference

Author

Ref #

short Review

1995

Why thumbs are up.

Martin, G.R.