[Morphogenesis and pattering in hydra. II. Molecular mechanisms].
Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis and pattern formation have been extensively studied during the last decades. Recent data suggest that many of the signalling systems as well as transcription factors governing embryonic development in the higher animals have been already established in the lower Metazoa. This review summarizes the information on the roles of peptide systems, signal transduction cascades, transcriptional activators and the extracellular matrix-processing enzymes in the developmental processes in Hydra.
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Chair of Cytology and Histology, St. Petersburg State University. vrybakine@mailru.com
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006829:Hydra / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*