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"The Morphogenesis of Feathers" report researches that analyze the molecular pathways behind the formation of feathers in today's chicken. It also shed new light on the origin and evolution of feathers from reptile scales.
Nature, online publication, Oct 30, 2002.USC News Release
Nature paper (.pdf file)
How to make a skin appendage?
Chuong, C.-M. 1993. The making of a feather: Homeoproteins, retinoids and adhesion molecules. BioEssays. 15: 513-521.Chuong CM.
Wu, T. and Chuong, C.-M. 2000. Developmental Biology of Skin Appendages. In Camacho, F., Randall, V.A., and Price, V.H. edit Hair Biology and Disorders: Research, Pathology and Management. Martin Dunitz Pub. Pp 17-37.
Chuong, C-M, Chodankar, R., Widelitz, R.B., Jiang, T. X. 2000a. Evo-Devo of Feathers and Scales: Building complex epithelial appendages. Current Opinion in Development and Genetics. 10:449-456.
Dinosaur feathers and chicken teeth?
Introduction by article New Scientist. July 21, 2001: Rewinding Evolution: How to turn a chicken (back) into a dinosaur?
Chuong, C-M, Chodankar, R., Widelitz, R.B., Jiang, T. X 2000. Feathers and Scales. Current Opinion in Development and Genetics. 10:449-456. Chuong CM, Chodankar R, Widelitz RB, Jiang TX.
Chuong, C-M, Hou, L.H., Chen, PJ, Wu, P., Patel, N, and Chen, YP. 2001. Dinosaur’s feather and Chicken’s tooth? Tissue engineering of the integument. John Ebbling lecture. Eur. J. Dermatology. 11:286-292. Chuong CM, Hou L, Chen PJ, Wu P, Patel N, Chen Y.
Widelitz, R.B., Jiang, T.-X., Lu, J.-F. and Chuong, C.-M. 2000. Beta catenin in epithelial morphogenesis: Conversion of part of avian foot scales into feather buds with a mutated beta catenin. Dev. Biol. 219:98-114. Widelitz RB, Jiang TX, Lu J, Chuong CM.
Chen, Y.P., Zhang, Y., Jiang, T.-X., Barlow, A., Amand, TR, Hu, Y., Heaney, S., Francis-West, P. , Chuong, C.M., and Maas, R. 2000. Conservation of early odontogenic signaling pathway in Aves. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. Chen Y, Zhang Y, Jiang TX, Barlow AJ, St Amand TR, Hu Y, Heaney S, Francis-West P, Chuong CM, Maas R.
Dots versus stripes: Basic pattern formation involving reaction diffusion
Jiang, T.-X., Jung, H.S., Widelitz, R.B., Chuong, C.-M. 1999. Self organization of periodic patterns by dissociated feather mesenchymal cells and the regulation of size, number and spacing of primordia. Development. 126:4997-5009. Jiang TX, Jung HS, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM.
Novel techniques for Biotechnology
Lin, S.-L., Chuong, C.-M., and Yin, S.-Y., 2001. A Novel mRNA-cDNA Interference Phenomenon for Silencing bcl-2 Expression in Human LNCaP Cells" Biochem. Biophysi. Res. Comm. 281:639-644. Lin SL, Chuong CM, Ying S-Y.
Lin, S.-L, Chuong, C.-M, Widelitz, R.-B., Ying, S.-Y. 1999. In vivo analysis of cancerous gene Expression by RNA-polymerase chain reaction. Nucleic Acids Res. 27:4585-4589. Lin SL, Chuong CM,
Molecular Basis of Epithelial Appendage Morphogenesis
J. Experimental Zoology, Molecular Development Evolution. Special issue on Development and Evolution of Integument. Due on 2003.
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Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D.
Keck School of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology
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