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Provides broad overview of the developmental biology of both Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis Cellular to systems development in key biomedical model organisms Timely synthesis of the field of Xenopus biology Highlights key biomedical and basic biological findings unlocked by Xenopus.
List of contents
Contributors vii Preface ix
Section I Oocyte and Early Embryo 1 1 Transcription in the Xenopus Oocyte Nucleus 3
Joseph G. Gall 2 RNA Localization during Oogenesis in Xenopus laevis 16
James O. Deshler 3 From Oocyte to Fertilizable Egg: Regulated mRNA Translation and the Control of Maternal Gene Expression 38
Chad E. Cragle & Angus M. MacNicol 4 Polarity of Xenopus Oocytes and Early Embryos 60
Malgorzata Kloc 5 Germ-Cell Specification in Xenopus 75
Mary Lou King Section II Midblastula Transition, Gastrulation, and Neurulation 101
6 The Xenopus Embryo as a Model System to Study Asymmetric Furrowing in Vertebrate Epithelial Cells 103
Jacek Z. Kubiak, Isabelle Chartrain, & Jean-Pierre Tassan 7 Induction and Differentiation of the Xenopus Ciliated Embryonic Epidermis 112
Marie Cibois, Pierluigi Scerbo, Virginie Thomé, Andrea Pasini, & Laurent Kodjabachian 8 Wnt Signaling during Early Xenopus Development 130
François Fagotto 9 Neural Tube Closure in Xenopus 163
Hitoshi Morita, Makoto Suzuki, & Naoto Ueno Section III Metamorphosis and Organogenesis 187 10 Primordial Germ Cell Migration 189
Aliaksandr Dzementsei & Tomas Pieler 11 Development of Gonads, Sex Determination, and Sex Reversal in Xenopus 199
Rafa³ P. Piprek & Jacek Z. Kubiak 12 The Xenopus Pronephros: A Kidney Model Making Leaps toward Understanding Tubule Development 215
Rachel K. Miller, Moonsup Lee, & Pierre D. McCrea 13 Development of Neural Tissues in Xenopus laevis 239
William A. Muñoz, Amy K. Sater, & Pierre D. McCrea 14 The Development of the Immune System in Xenopus 264
Louis Du Pasquier 15 Neural Regeneration in Xenopus Tadpoles during Metamorphosis 293
Mauricio Moreno, Karina Tapia, & Juan Larrain Section IV Novel Techniques and Approaches 309 16 Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Xenopus laevis Oocyte Plasma Membrane 311
Francesco Orsini 17 Size Scaling of Subcellular Organelles and Structures in Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis 325
Lisa J. Edens & Daniel L. Levy 18 A Model for Retinal Regeneration in Xenopus 346
Masasuke Araki 19 The Xenopus Model for Regeneration Research 368
Ying Chen & Gufa Lin 20 Genomics and Genome Engineering in Xenopus 383
Léna Vouillot, Aurore Thélie, Thibault Scalvenzi, & Nicolas Pollet Index 403
About the author
Malgorzata Kloc is the Weill Cornell Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Director of the Immuno-Biology Laboratory at the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
Jacek Z. Kubiak is a DR2 Researcher in the CNRS at the Institute of Genetics and Development and at the University of Rennes 1
