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				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]

				J. Yang, C. Tan, R. S. Darken, P. A. Wilson, and P. S. Klein {beta}-Catenin/Tcf-regulated transcription prior to the midblastula transition Development, March 14, 2003; 129(24): 5743 - 5752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. J. White, B. I. Sun, H. L. Sive, and J. C. Smith Direct and indirect regulation of derriere, a Xenopus mesoderm-inducing factor, by VegT Development, March 12, 2003; 129(20): 4867 - 4876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. W. Houston, M. Kofron, E. Resnik, R. Langland, O. Destree, C. Wylie, and J. Heasman Repression of organizer genes in dorsal and ventral Xenopus cells mediated by maternal XTcf3 Development, September 1, 2002; 129(17): 4015 - 4025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. B. Xanthos, M. Kofron, Q. Tao, K. Schaible, C. Wylie, and J. Heasman The roles of three signaling pathways in the formation and function of the Spemann Organizer Development, September 1, 2002; 129(17): 4027 - 4043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. Ring, S. Ogata, L. Meek, J. Song, T. Ohta, K. Miyazono, and K. W.Y. Cho The role of a Williams-Beuren syndrome-associated helix-loop-helix domain-containing transcription factor in activin/nodal signaling Genes & Dev., April 1, 2002; 16(7): 820 - 835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. M. Eimon and R. M. Harland Effects of heterodimerization and proteolytic processing on Derriere and Nodal activity: implications for mesoderm induction in Xenopus Development, January 7, 2002; 129(13): 3089 - 3103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Schohl and F. Fagotto {beta}-catenin, MAPK and Smad signaling during early Xenopus development Development, January 1, 2002; 129(1): 37 - 52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				E. Reissmann, H. Jornvall, A. Blokzijl, O. Andersson, C. Chang, G. Minchiotti, M. G. Persico, C. F. Ibanez, and A. H. Brivanlou The orphan receptor ALK7 and the Activin receptor ALK4 mediate signaling by Nodal proteins during vertebrate development Genes & Dev., August 1, 2001; 15(15): 2010 - 2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]