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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138992703321

Autore

Satoh Noriyuki

Titolo

Developmental genomics of ascidians / / Noriyuki Satoh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-65624-5

1-118-65612-1

1-118-65604-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

596/.2

Soggetti

Sea squirts - Anatomy

Sea squirts - Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface: Preface; Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction to Ascidians; 1.1 What are Ascidians?; 1.2 A Brief History of Research on Ascidian Embryos; Selected References; Chapter 2: The Development of Tadpole Larvae and Sessile Juveniles; 2.1 Embryogenesis and Tadpole Larvae; 2.2 Metamorphosis and Making a Sessile Juvenile; Selected References; Chapter 3: Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Proteomics; 3.1 The Genome of Ciona intestinalis; 3.2 Transcriptomics; 3.3 Proteomics; Selected References; Chapter 4: Research Tools

4.1 Experimental Manipulation of Embryonic Cells 4.2 Tracing of Cell Divisions; 4.3 Analyses of Gene Function; 4.4 Analyses of Regulatory Mechanisms of Specific Gene Expression; 4.5 Microarray; 4.6 Genetics, Mutagenesis, and Transgenesis; Selected References; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Protocols for Embryogenesis Studies; Chapter 5: The Function and Regulation of Maternal Transcripts; 5.1 Gene Expression Profiles Observed During the Ciona Life Cycle; 5.2 Oocyte Maturation, Fertilization, Ooplasmic Segregation, and Embryonic Axis Formation; 5.3 Contribution of Maternal Information

5.4 Postplasmic/PEM RNA's Selected References; Chapter 6: Larval Tail



Muscle; 6.1 Primary (B-Line) Muscle Cells: Autonomous Specification and Gene Regulatory Networks; 6.2 Secondary (A- and -Line) Muscle Cells: Evolutionary Alteration of Gene Regulatory Networks; Selected References; Chapter 7: Endoderm; 7.1 Lineage; 7.2 Specification Mechanisms; 7.3 Differentiation Mechanisms; Selected References; Chapter 8: Epidermis; 8.1 Lineage and Specification Mechanisms; 8.2 Adhesive Organ; 8.3 Cellulose Biosynthesis; Selected References; Chapter 9: Notochord

9.1 Notochord Lineage, Cell-Fate Determination, and Morphogenesis 9.2 Specification Mechanisms and the Gene Regulatory Network; 9.3 Genes Involved in Notochord Formation; Selected References; Chapter 10: The Larval and Adult Nervous Systems; 10.1 Larval CNS; 10.2 Sensory Systems in the Larval CNS; 10.3 Peripheral Nervous System; 10.4 Remodeling of the Central Nervous System During Metamorphosis; 10.5 The Adult Nervous System; Selected References; Chapter 11: Mesenchyme; 11.1 Embryonic Lineages and Their Adult Progeny; 11.2 Molecular Cascades Involved in Mesenchymal Specification

Selected References Chapter 12: Making Blueprint of Chordate Body: Dynamic Activities of Regulatory Genes; 12.1 The Embryonic Axes Formation; 12.2 The Fate Map; 12.3 From Maternal Factors to Zygotic Activities of Regulatory Genes; 12.4 The Antagonistic Actions of FGF and Ephrin Pathways to form Germ Layers; 12.5 The Nodal and Delta 2 Signaling Relay; 12.6 The ANISEED Database as an Interface for Elucidation of Ciona Developmental Program; 12.7 Strategy of Body Plan Formation in Ascidians; 12.8 Gene Regulatory Network in Early Ciona Embryos; 12.9 Chromosomal-Level Regulation of Gene Expression

12.10 Hox Genes and Retinoic Acid

Sommario/riassunto

The simplicity and lack of redundancy in their regulatory genes have made ascidians one of the most useful species in studying developmental genomics. In Developmental Genomics of Ascidians, Dr. Noriyuki Satoh explains the developmental genomics of ascidians, stresses the simplicity of Ciona developmental system, and emphasizes single-cell level analyses. This book actively accentuates the advantages of using ascidians as model organisms in an up-and-coming field of developmental genomics.