Focus Issue: Organ Development from Beginning to End

Annalisa M. VanHook^*

Associate Online Editor of Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Abstract: Science Signaling complements the Science special issue on organ development (http://www.sciencemag.org/organdevelopment) with a Perspective and Review highlighting organogenesis in plants and a Research Article on mammalian kidney formation. A Review from Crespi and Frugier focuses on the bacterial and host-generated signals that induce and regulate nodule organogenesis. A Perspective from Gray et al. addresses peptide signals that activate leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor pathways to regulate vein versus stoma cell fate in the leaf. In a Research Article, Tsigelny et al. report metagene analysis that revealed insight into the molecular mechanisms that drive various stages of kidney formation during mammalian embryogenesis.

* Corresponding author. E-mail: avanhook{at}aaas.org

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In Science Signaling

RESEARCH
Cell Biology
Hippo Pathway–Dependent and –Independent Roles of RASSF6

Mitsunobu Ikeda, Akira Kawata, Misa Nishikawa, Yuko Tateishi, Masato Yamaguchi, Kentaro Nakagawa, Susumu Hirabayashi, Yijun Bao, Shiho Hidaka, Yukio Hirata, and Yutaka Hata (29 September 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (90), ra59. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000300]
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PERSPECTIVES
Developmental Biology
Limb Development Takes a Measured Step Toward Systems Analysis

Susan Mackem and Mark Lewandoski (19 May 2009)
Sci. Signal. 2 (71), pe33. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.271pe33]
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In Science Magazine

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE
New Release: The Complete Guide to Organ Repair

Beverly Purnell (5 December 2008)
Science 322 (5907), 1489. [DOI: 10.1126/science.322.5907.1489]
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