Metamorphosis, Biological
"Metamorphosis, Biological" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Profound physical changes during maturation of living organisms from the immature forms to the adult forms, such as from TADPOLES to frogs; caterpillars to BUTTERFLIES.
| Descriptor ID |
D008675
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.550
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metamorphosis, Biological" by people in Profiles.
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Osterloh JM, Freeman MR. Neuronal death or dismemberment mediated by Sox14. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Dec; 12(12):1479-80.
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Sachs LM, Jones PL, Havis E, Rouse N, Demeneix BA, Shi YB. Nuclear receptor corepressor recruitment by unliganded thyroid hormone receptor in gene repression during Xenopus laevis development. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Dec; 22(24):8527-38.
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Sachs LM, Damjanovski S, Jones PL, Li Q, Amano T, Ueda S, Shi YB, Ishizuya-Oka A. Dual functions of thyroid hormone receptors during Xenopus development. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2000 Jun; 126(2):199-211.
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Shi YB, Sachs LM, Jones P, Li Q, Ishizuya-Oka A. Thyroid hormone regulation of Xenopus laevis metamorphosis: functions of thyroid hormone receptors and roles of extracellular matrix remodeling. Wound Repair Regen. 1998 Jul-Aug; 6(4):314-22.
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Wright ML, Pikula A, Babski AM, Kuliga K. Distribution and reciprocal interactions of 3H-melatonin and 125I-thyroxine in peripheral, neural, and endocrine tissues of bullfrog tadpoles. Comp Biochem Physiol A Physiol. 1997 Nov; 118(3):691-8.
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Tobet SA, Sower SA, Schwarting GA. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone containing neurons and olfactory fibers during development: from lamprey to mammals. Brain Res Bull. 1997; 44(4):479-86.
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Wright ML, Blanchard LS, Pikula A, Labieniec KE. Circadian rhythms of thyroid secretion, morphometry, and cell division in prometamorphic and climax Rana tadpoles. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1995 Jul; 99(1):75-84.