Main description:

For more than 30 years, Current Topics in Developmental Biology has provided a forum for dissemination and discussion of new ideas and thought in developmental biology. Bringing together a series of articles on the structural, functional, and developmental characteristics of epithelials, this thematic volume represents a timely and valuable contribution to an exciting and multidisciplinary field of study. Because defects in epithelial function and growth control play a major role in human disease-cancerous tumors, spina bifida, cardiac malformations, for example-this volume will be of particular interest to researchers working in cancer drug design and development and those working in therapeutic areas to treat developmental abnormalities.

Contents:

1. Tissue remodeling in Zebrafish
Richard Adams
2. Tubulogenesis
Markus Affolter
3. Retinal differentiation and organization
Ross Cagan
4. Planar cell polarity and epithelial remodeling
Suzanne Eaton
5. Cell divisions and tissue organization
Matt Gibson
6. Forces during development
Dan Kiehart
7. Adhesion stability and remodeling
W. James Nelson
8. Tissue remodelling in Drosophila
Mark Peifer
9. Mesoderm/endoderm invagination in c. elegans, ascidians and flies
Kristen Sherrard
10. Convergent extension movements during gastrulation and neurulation
Liliana Solnica-Krezel
11. Mouse epithelial morphogenesis
Masatoshi Takeichi