Zic family

Part I. Zic Family in Animal Evolution and Development

1. Comparative Genomics of the Zic Family Genes
Jun Aruga, Minoru Hatayama

2. Cnidarian Zic Genes
Michael J. Layden

3.
Odd-Paired: The Drosophila Zic Gene

Deborah A. Hursh, Brian G. Stultz

4. Zic Genes in Nematodes: A Role in Nervous System Development and Wnt Signaling
Guillaume Bordet, Vincent Bertrand

5. Lophotrochozoan Zic Genes
Jun Aruga

6. Ascidian Zic Genes
Yutaka Satou, Kaoru S. Imai

7. Amphibian Zic Genes
Christa Merzdorf, Jennifer Forecki

8.
Zic Genes in Teleosts: Their Roles in Dorsoventral Patterning in the Somite
Kota Abe, Toru Kawanishi, Hiroyuki Takeda

9. Zebrafish Zic Genes Mediate Developmental Signaling
Cecilia Lanny Winata, Vladimir Korzh

10. Overview of Rodent Zic Genes
Koula E. M. Diamand, Kristen S. Barratt, Ruth M. Arkell

11. Rodent Zic Genes in Neural Network Wiring
Eloísa Herrera

Part II. Zic Family in Medicine

12. Zic Family Proteins in Emerging Biomedical Studies
Jun Aruga

13. ZIC1 Function in Normal Cerebellar Development and Human Developmental Pathology
Jun Aruga, Kathleen J. Millen

14.
ZIC2 in Holoprosencephaly
Kristen S. Barratt, Ruth M. Arkell

15.
ZIC3 in Heterotaxy
Helen M. Bellchambers, Stephanie M. Ware

16. Deregulation of ZIC Family Members in Oncogenesis
Rob Houtmeyers, Jabob Souopgui, Sabine Tejpar

17. Roles of ZIC2 in Regulation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Hisato Kondoh

18. Role of Zic Family Proteins in Transcriptional Regulation and Chromatin Remodeling
Minoru Hatayama, Jun Aruga

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Evolutionary Biology, Cancer Research, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology