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Development, Vol 102, Issue 3 451-460, Copyright © 1988 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
M Mercola and CD Stiles
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA 02115.
With the availability of amino acid and nucleotide sequence information has come the realization that growth factors can be clustered in to superfamilies. Several of these superfamilies contain molecules that were not initially identified because of growth-promoting activities; rather they were discovered through their ability to regulate other processes. Certain members of these superfamilies are present during early mammalian embryogenesis. However, until recently, it has been difficult to manipulate the developing mammalian embryo to observe directly the effects of inappropriate, excessive, or reduced expression of these molecules. Despite this limitation, at least some of these molecules have been implicated in the control of differentiation and morphogenesis, two actions unpredicted from the cell biology of most of the growth factors. Moreover, these actions are reflected in nonmammalian species where homologues of the mammalian growth factors control crucial steps in the choice of developmental fate. This review describes five growth factor superfamilies and the role these molecules may have in controlling proliferation, differentiation, and morphogenesis during mammalian development.
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