PUBLICATION
Oscillators and the emergence of tissue organization during zebrafish somitogenesis
- Authors
- Mara, A., and Holley, S.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-071118-31
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- Trends in cell biology 17(12): 593-599 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Holley, Scott
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Signal Transduction
- Embryonic Development
- Transcription, Genetic
- Biological Clocks*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Somites/embryology*
- Somites/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- Receptors, Notch/metabolism*
- Body Patterning*
- Animals
- PubMed
- 17988868 Full text @ Trends Cell Biol.
Citation
Mara, A., and Holley, S.A. (2007) Oscillators and the emergence of tissue organization during zebrafish somitogenesis. Trends in cell biology. 17(12):593-599.
Abstract
Genetic networks that include positive and negative feedback can exhibit oscillations. These oscillations are a form of emergence, which is when novel patterns or properties arise during self organization of complex systems. Within the extending trunk and tail of the developing vertebrate embryo, the somitogenesis oscillator governs the periodic formation of segments that ultimately become the vertebral column and musculature. These oscillations occur within the context of noise created by cell movement, mitosis, and stochastic gene expression. Here, we review recent progress in our understanding of the role of the Notch signaling pathway in the zebrafish segmentation oscillator and our appreciation of how the oscillator interfaces with different sources of noise.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping