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D. J. Casso, S. Liu, D. D. Iwaki, S. K. Ogden, and T. B. Kornberg
A Screen for Modifiers of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster Identifies swm and mts
Genetics, March 1, 2008; 178(3): 1399 - 1413.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Jia, Z. Ren, X. Li, Y. Zheng, and A. Meng
smad2 and smad3 Are Required for Mesendoderm Induction by Transforming Growth Factor- /Nodal Signals in Zebrafish
J. Biol. Chem., January 25, 2008; 283(4): 2418 - 2426.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Shimada, M. Yabusaki, H. Niwa, H. Yokoi, K. Hatta, D. Kobayashi, and H. Takeda
Maternal-zygotic medaka mutants for fgfr1 reveal its essential role in the migration of the axial mesoderm but not the lateral mesoderm
Development, January 15, 2008; 135(2): 281 - 290.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

C. V. Esguerra, L. Nelles, L. Vermeire, A. Ibrahimi, A. D. Crawford, R. Derua, E. Janssens, E. Waelkens, P. Carmeliet, D. Collen, et al.
Ttrap is an essential modulator of Smad3-dependent Nodal signaling during zebrafish gastrulation and left-right axis determination
Development, December 15, 2007; 134(24): 4381 - 4393.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. K. Mathew, S. Sengupta, A. Kawakami, E. A. Andreasen, C. V. Lohr, C. A. Loynes, S. A. Renshaw, R. T. Peterson, and R. L. Tanguay
Unraveling Tissue Regeneration Pathways Using Chemical Genetics
J. Biol. Chem., November 30, 2007; 282(48): 35202 - 35210.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Scholpp, I. Foucher, N. Staudt, D. Peukert, A. Lumsden, and C. Houart
Otx1l, Otx2 and Irx1b establish and position the ZLI in the diencephalon
Development, September 1, 2007; 134(17): 3167 - 3176.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Y. Miyasaka, Y. S. Kida, T. Sato, M. Minami, and T. Ogura
Csrp1 regulates dynamic cell movements of the mesendoderm and cardiac mesoderm through interactions with Dishevelled and Diversin
PNAS, July 3, 2007; 104(27): 11274 - 11279.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Takenaga, M. Fukumoto, and Y. Hori
Regulated Nodal signaling promotes differentiation of the definitive endoderm and mesoderm from ES cells
J. Cell Sci., June 15, 2007; 120(12): 2078 - 2090.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. M. Shen
Nodal signaling: developmental roles and regulation
Development, March 15, 2007; 134(6): 1023 - 1034.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Y. Su, L. Zhang, X. Gao, F. Meng, J. Wen, H. Zhou, A. Meng, and Y.-G. Chen
The evolutionally conserved activity of Dapper2 in antagonizing TGF-{beta} signaling
FASEB J, March 1, 2007; 21(3): 682 - 690.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. B. McLean, K. A. D'Amour, K. L. Jones, M. Krishnamoorthy, M. J. Kulik, D. M. Reynolds, A. M. Sheppard, H. Liu, Y. Xu, E. E. Baetge, et al.
Activin A Efficiently Specifies Definitive Endoderm from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Only When Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling Is Suppressed
Stem Cells, January 1, 2007; 25(1): 29 - 38.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. Peeters, M. L. Voz, K. Verschueren, B. De Cat, H. Pendeville, B. Thienpont, A. Schellens, J. W. Belmont, G. David, W. J.M. Van De Ven, et al.
Sesn1 is a novel gene for left-right asymmetry and mediating nodal signaling
Hum. Mol. Genet., November 15, 2006; 15(22): 3369 - 3377.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. A. Holley
Anterior-posterior differences in vertebrate segments: specification of trunk and tail somites in the zebrafish blastula
Genes & Dev., July 15, 2006; 20(14): 1831 - 1837.
[Full Text] [PDF]

D. P. Szeto and D. Kimelman
The regulation of mesodermal progenitor cell commitment to somitogenesis subdivides the zebrafish body musculature into distinct domains
Genes & Dev., July 15, 2006; 20(14): 1923 - 1932.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Poulain, M. Furthauer, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, and T. Lepage
Zebrafish endoderm formation is regulated by combinatorial Nodal, FGF and BMP signalling
Development, June 1, 2006; 133(11): 2189 - 2200.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Scholpp, O. Wolf, M. Brand, and A. Lumsden
Hedgehog signalling from the zona limitans intrathalamica orchestrates patterning of the zebrafish diencephalon
Development, March 1, 2006; 133(5): 855 - 864.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Chu, J. Ding, K. Jeays-Ward, S. M. Price, M. Placzek, and M. M. Shen
Non-cell-autonomous role for Cripto in axial midline formation during vertebrate embryogenesis
Development, December 15, 2005; 132(24): 5539 - 5551.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. L. Stemple
Structure and function of the notochord: an essential organ for chordate development
Development, June 1, 2005; 132(11): 2503 - 2512.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

W. H. Norton, M. Mangoli, Z. Lele, H.-M. Pogoda, B. Diamond, S. Mercurio, C. Russell, H. Teraoka, H. L. Stickney, G.-J. Rauch, et al.
Monorail/Foxa2 regulates floorplate differentiation and specification of oligodendrocytes, serotonergic raphe neurones and cranial motoneurones
Development, February 15, 2005; 132(4): 645 - 658.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T. Matsui, A. Raya, Y. Kawakami, C. Callol-Massot, J. Capdevila, C. Rodriguez-Esteban, and J. C. Izpisua Belmonte
Noncanonical Wnt signaling regulates midline convergence of organ primordia during zebrafish development
Genes & Dev., January 1, 2005; 19(1): 164 - 175.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Kapsimali, L. Caneparo, C. Houart, and S. W. Wilson
Inhibition of Wnt/Axin/{beta}-catenin pathway activity promotes ventral CNS midline tissue to adopt hypothalamic rather than floorplate identity
Development, December 1, 2004; 131(23): 5923 - 5933.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

L. Zhang, H. Zhou, Y. Su, Z. Sun, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Ning, Y.-G. Chen, and A. Meng
Zebrafish Dpr2 Inhibits Mesoderm Induction by Promoting Degradation of Nodal Receptors
Science, October 1, 2004; 306(5693): 114 - 117.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Sekimizu, N. Nishioka, H. Sasaki, H. Takeda, R. O. Karlstrom, and A. Kawakami
The zebrafish iguana locus encodes Dzip1, a novel zinc-finger protein required for proper regulation of Hedgehog signaling
Development, June 1, 2004; 131(11): 2521 - 2532.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

P. Liang, C. A. Jones, B. W. Bisgrove, L. Song, S. T. Glenn, H. J. Yost, and K. W. Gross
Genomic characterization and expression analysis of the first nonmammalian renin genes from zebrafish and pufferfish
Physiol Genomics, February 13, 2004; 16(3): 314 - 322.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Mathieu, K. Griffin, P. Herbomel, T. Dickmeis, U. Strahle, D. Kimelman, F. M. Rosa, and N. Peyrieras
Nodal and Fgf pathways interact through a positive regulatory loop and synergize to maintain mesodermal cell populations
Development, February 1, 2004; 131(3): 629 - 641.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

F. Marlow,, E. M. Gonzalez,,, C. Yin, C. Rojo, and L. Solnica-Krezel,
No tail co-operates with non-canonical Wnt signaling to regulate posterior body morphogenesis in zebrafish
Development, January 1, 2004; 131(1): 203 - 216.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

P. S. Kunwar, S. Zimmerman, J. T. Bennett, Y. Chen, M. Whitman, and A. F. Schier
Mixer/Bon and FoxH1/Sur have overlapping and divergent roles in Nodal signaling and mesendoderm induction
Development, December 1, 2003; 130(23): 5589 - 5599.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Y.-W. Liu, W. Gao, H.-L. Teh, J.-H. Tan, and W.-K. Chan
Prox1 Is a Novel Coregulator of Ff1b and Is Involved in the Embryonic Development of the Zebra Fish Interrenal Primordium
Mol. Cell. Biol., October 15, 2003; 23(20): 7243 - 7255.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. Patten, P. Kulesa, M. M. Shen, S. Fraser, and M. Placzek
Distinct modes of floor plate induction in the chick embryo
Development, October 15, 2003; 130(20): 4809 - 4821.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. Tian, C. Yam, G. Balasundaram, H. Wang, A. Gore, and K. Sampath
A temperature-sensitive mutation in the nodal-related gene cyclops reveals that the floor plate is induced during gastrulation in zebrafish
Development, July 15, 2003; 130(14): 3331 - 3342.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Halilagic, M. H. Zile, and M. Studer
A novel role for retinoids in patterning the avian forebrain during presomite stages
Development, May 15, 2003; 130(10): 2039 - 2050.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. T. Dougan, R. M. Warga, D. A. Kane, A. F. Schier, and W. S. Talbot
The role of the zebrafish nodal-related genes squint and cyclops in patterning of mesendoderm
Development, May 1, 2003; 130(9): 1837 - 1851.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. O. Karlstrom, O. V. Tyurina, A. Kawakami, N. Nishioka, W. S. Talbot, H. Sasaki, and A. F. Schier
Genetic analysis of zebrafish gli1 and gli2 reveals divergent requirements for gli genes in vertebrate development
Development, April 15, 2003; 130(8): 1549 - 1564.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. L. Hammond, H. E. Loynes, A. A. Folarin, J. Smith, and T. T. Whitfield
Hedgehog signalling is required for correct anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish otic vesicle
Development, April 1, 2003; 130(7): 1403 - 1417.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. L. Amacher, B. W. Draper, B. R. Summers, and C. B. Kimmel
The zebrafish T-box genes no tail and spadetail are required for development of trunk and tail mesoderm and medial floor plate
Development, March 9, 2003; 129(14): 3311 - 3323.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

T. O. Aoki, N. B. David, G. Minchiotti, L. Saint-Etienne, T. Dickmeis, G. M. Persico, U. Strahle, P. Mourrain, and F. M. Rosa
Molecular integration of casanova in the Nodal signalling pathway controlling endoderm formation
Development, March 3, 2003; 129(2): 275 - 286.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. S. Solomon, T. Kudoh, I. B. Dawid, and A. Fritz
Zebrafish foxi1 mediates otic placode formation and jaw development
Development, March 1, 2003; 130(5): 929 - 940.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. J. Casso, S. Liu, D. D. Iwaki, S. K. Ogden, and T. B. Kornberg A Screen for Modifiers of Hedgehog Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster Identifies swm and mts Genetics, March 1, 2008; 178(3): 1399 - 1413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Jia, Z. Ren, X. Li, Y. Zheng, and A. Meng smad2 and smad3 Are Required for Mesendoderm Induction by Transforming Growth Factor- /Nodal Signals in Zebrafish J. Biol. Chem., January 25, 2008; 283(4): 2418 - 2426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Shimada, M. Yabusaki, H. Niwa, H. Yokoi, K. Hatta, D. Kobayashi, and H. Takeda Maternal-zygotic medaka mutants for fgfr1 reveal its essential role in the migration of the axial mesoderm but not the lateral mesoderm Development, January 15, 2008; 135(2): 281 - 290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. V. Esguerra, L. Nelles, L. Vermeire, A. Ibrahimi, A. D. Crawford, R. Derua, E. Janssens, E. Waelkens, P. Carmeliet, D. Collen, et al. Ttrap is an essential modulator of Smad3-dependent Nodal signaling during zebrafish gastrulation and left-right axis determination Development, December 15, 2007; 134(24): 4381 - 4393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. K. Mathew, S. Sengupta, A. Kawakami, E. A. Andreasen, C. V. Lohr, C. A. Loynes, S. A. Renshaw, R. T. Peterson, and R. L. Tanguay Unraveling Tissue Regeneration Pathways Using Chemical Genetics J. Biol. Chem., November 30, 2007; 282(48): 35202 - 35210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Scholpp, I. Foucher, N. Staudt, D. Peukert, A. Lumsden, and C. Houart Otx1l, Otx2 and Irx1b establish and position the ZLI in the diencephalon Development, September 1, 2007; 134(17): 3167 - 3176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Y. Miyasaka, Y. S. Kida, T. Sato, M. Minami, and T. Ogura Csrp1 regulates dynamic cell movements of the mesendoderm and cardiac mesoderm through interactions with Dishevelled and Diversin PNAS, July 3, 2007; 104(27): 11274 - 11279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Takenaga, M. Fukumoto, and Y. Hori Regulated Nodal signaling promotes differentiation of the definitive endoderm and mesoderm from ES cells J. Cell Sci., June 15, 2007; 120(12): 2078 - 2090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. M. Shen Nodal signaling: developmental roles and regulation Development, March 15, 2007; 134(6): 1023 - 1034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y. Su, L. Zhang, X. Gao, F. Meng, J. Wen, H. Zhou, A. Meng, and Y.-G. Chen The evolutionally conserved activity of Dapper2 in antagonizing TGF-{beta} signaling FASEB J, March 1, 2007; 21(3): 682 - 690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. B. McLean, K. A. D'Amour, K. L. Jones, M. Krishnamoorthy, M. J. Kulik, D. M. Reynolds, A. M. Sheppard, H. Liu, Y. Xu, E. E. Baetge, et al. Activin A Efficiently Specifies Definitive Endoderm from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Only When Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling Is Suppressed Stem Cells, January 1, 2007; 25(1): 29 - 38. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				H. Peeters, M. L. Voz, K. Verschueren, B. De Cat, H. Pendeville, B. Thienpont, A. Schellens, J. W. Belmont, G. David, W. J.M. Van De Ven, et al. Sesn1 is a novel gene for left-right asymmetry and mediating nodal signaling Hum. Mol. Genet., November 15, 2006; 15(22): 3369 - 3377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. A. Holley Anterior-posterior differences in vertebrate segments: specification of trunk and tail somites in the zebrafish blastula Genes & Dev., July 15, 2006; 20(14): 1831 - 1837. [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. P. Szeto and D. Kimelman The regulation of mesodermal progenitor cell commitment to somitogenesis subdivides the zebrafish body musculature into distinct domains Genes & Dev., July 15, 2006; 20(14): 1923 - 1932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Poulain, M. Furthauer, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, and T. Lepage Zebrafish endoderm formation is regulated by combinatorial Nodal, FGF and BMP signalling Development, June 1, 2006; 133(11): 2189 - 2200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Scholpp, O. Wolf, M. Brand, and A. Lumsden Hedgehog signalling from the zona limitans intrathalamica orchestrates patterning of the zebrafish diencephalon Development, March 1, 2006; 133(5): 855 - 864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Chu, J. Ding, K. Jeays-Ward, S. M. Price, M. Placzek, and M. M. Shen Non-cell-autonomous role for Cripto in axial midline formation during vertebrate embryogenesis Development, December 15, 2005; 132(24): 5539 - 5551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. L. Stemple Structure and function of the notochord: an essential organ for chordate development Development, June 1, 2005; 132(11): 2503 - 2512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				W. H. Norton, M. Mangoli, Z. Lele, H.-M. Pogoda, B. Diamond, S. Mercurio, C. Russell, H. Teraoka, H. L. Stickney, G.-J. Rauch, et al. Monorail/Foxa2 regulates floorplate differentiation and specification of oligodendrocytes, serotonergic raphe neurones and cranial motoneurones Development, February 15, 2005; 132(4): 645 - 658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				T. Matsui, A. Raya, Y. Kawakami, C. Callol-Massot, J. Capdevila, C. Rodriguez-Esteban, and J. C. Izpisua Belmonte Noncanonical Wnt signaling regulates midline convergence of organ primordia during zebrafish development Genes & Dev., January 1, 2005; 19(1): 164 - 175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Kapsimali, L. Caneparo, C. Houart, and S. W. Wilson Inhibition of Wnt/Axin/{beta}-catenin pathway activity promotes ventral CNS midline tissue to adopt hypothalamic rather than floorplate identity Development, December 1, 2004; 131(23): 5923 - 5933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Zhang, H. Zhou, Y. Su, Z. Sun, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Ning, Y.-G. Chen, and A. Meng Zebrafish Dpr2 Inhibits Mesoderm Induction by Promoting Degradation of Nodal Receptors Science, October 1, 2004; 306(5693): 114 - 117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Sekimizu, N. Nishioka, H. Sasaki, H. Takeda, R. O. Karlstrom, and A. Kawakami The zebrafish iguana locus encodes Dzip1, a novel zinc-finger protein required for proper regulation of Hedgehog signaling Development, June 1, 2004; 131(11): 2521 - 2532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. Liang, C. A. Jones, B. W. Bisgrove, L. Song, S. T. Glenn, H. J. Yost, and K. W. Gross Genomic characterization and expression analysis of the first nonmammalian renin genes from zebrafish and pufferfish Physiol Genomics, February 13, 2004; 16(3): 314 - 322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Mathieu, K. Griffin, P. Herbomel, T. Dickmeis, U. Strahle, D. Kimelman, F. M. Rosa, and N. Peyrieras Nodal and Fgf pathways interact through a positive regulatory loop and synergize to maintain mesodermal cell populations Development, February 1, 2004; 131(3): 629 - 641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Marlow,, E. M. Gonzalez,,, C. Yin, C. Rojo, and L. Solnica-Krezel, No tail co-operates with non-canonical Wnt signaling to regulate posterior body morphogenesis in zebrafish Development, January 1, 2004; 131(1): 203 - 216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. S. Kunwar, S. Zimmerman, J. T. Bennett, Y. Chen, M. Whitman, and A. F. Schier Mixer/Bon and FoxH1/Sur have overlapping and divergent roles in Nodal signaling and mesendoderm induction Development, December 1, 2003; 130(23): 5589 - 5599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y.-W. Liu, W. Gao, H.-L. Teh, J.-H. Tan, and W.-K. Chan Prox1 Is a Novel Coregulator of Ff1b and Is Involved in the Embryonic Development of the Zebra Fish Interrenal Primordium Mol. Cell. Biol., October 15, 2003; 23(20): 7243 - 7255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. Patten, P. Kulesa, M. M. Shen, S. Fraser, and M. Placzek Distinct modes of floor plate induction in the chick embryo Development, October 15, 2003; 130(20): 4809 - 4821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Tian, C. Yam, G. Balasundaram, H. Wang, A. Gore, and K. Sampath A temperature-sensitive mutation in the nodal-related gene cyclops reveals that the floor plate is induced during gastrulation in zebrafish Development, July 15, 2003; 130(14): 3331 - 3342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]