Table of Contents

Organization of the body plan: cell fate and gene activity during gastrulation of the mouse embryo; the role Brachyury in the axial development and evolution of vertebrates; homeobox gene in the developing vertebrate brain; multi-function role of the Krox-20 regulatory gene: from specification of positional information to cell differentiation; the formation and maturation skeletal muscle during mammalian development; In Vitro and In Vivo approaches to the molecular analysis of mouse haematopoiesis; molecular control of growth and pattern formation in the developing vertebrate limb; mammalian limb development: a genetic perspective; the midbrain-hindbrain junction: a model system for brain regionalization through morphogenetic neuropithelial interactions; control of the floor plate identity and function in the embryonic spinal cord; functional analysis of the FGF system; the family of VEGF tyrosine kinase receptors; targeted expression of dominant negative FGF receptors in transgenic mice: a novel approach to study growth factor function In Vivo; insights from human diseases - WTI and PAX-6 as paradigms; biochemical and cellular aspects of wound repair; gene trapping strategies: screens for developmentally regulated genes insertional mutagenesis. (Part contents).

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Peter Lonai