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            Meng, Anming
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                        Biography and Research Interest
                    
                    
                
                
            
        
        
    
        
            
            
                
My lab is particularly interested in the roles of Nodal, FGF and Wnt signaling pathways in mesoderm induction and dorsovental patterning of the zebrafish embryo. We are also identifying maternal factors and aim to understand their functions in early embryonic development.
            
        
        
    
    
    
                
                    
                        Non-Zebrafish Publications
                    
                    
                
                
            
        
        
    
        
            
            
Meng, F.W., Cheng, X., Yang, L.L., Hou, N., Yang, X., Meng, A.M. (2008) Accelerated re-epithelialization in Dpr2-deficient mice is associated with enhanced response to TGF-b signaling. Journal of Cell Science, 121:2904-2912.Tian, T., and Meng, A. M. (2006) Nodal signals pattern vertebrate embryos. Cell. Mol. Life. Sci., 63(6):672-685
Zhao, C. T., and Meng, A. M. (2005) Sp1-like transcription factors are regulators of embryonic development in vertebrates. Dev. Growth Diff., 47(4):201-211
Chen, Y. G., and Meng, A. M. (2004) Negative regulation of TGF-beta signaling in development. Cell Res., 14(6):441-449
