Publications

2000

Burrone J, Lagnado L (2000) Synaptic depression and the kinetics of exocytosis in retinal bipolar cells. J Neurosci 20: 568-78
Williams DW, Tyrer M, Shepherd D (2000) Tau and tau reporters disrupt central projections of sensory neurons in Drosophila. J Comp Neurol 428: 630-40
Drescher U (2000) Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ligands in development. Ernst Schering Res Found Workshop : 151-64
Drescher U (2000) Excitation at the synapse: Eph receptors team up with NMDA receptors. Cell 103: 1005-8
Hart AW, Baeza N, Apelqvist A, Edlund H (2000) Attenuation of FGF signalling in mouse beta-cells leads to diabetes. Nature 408: 864-8
Basson MA, Zamoyska R (2000) The CD4/CD8 lineage decision: integration of signalling pathways. Immunol Today 21: 509-14
Basson MA, Wilson TJ, Legname GA, Sarner N, Tomlinson PD, Tybulewicz VL, Zamoyska R (2000) Early growth response (Egr)-1 gene induction in the thymus in response to TCR ligation during early steps in positive selection is not required for CD8 lineage commitment. J Immunol 165: 2444-50
Basson MA, Zamoyska R (2000) Insights into T-cell development from studies using transgenic and knockout mice. Methods Mol Biol 134: 3-22
Buchner G, Orfanelli U, Quaderi N, Bassi MT, Andolfi G, Ballabio A, Franco B (2000) Identification of a new EGF-repeat-containing gene from human Xp22: a candidate for developmental disorders. Genomics 65: 16-23
Medhurst AWD, Chambers D, Gray J, Davis JB, Shale JA, Mason I, Jenner P, and Newton RA (2000) Practical aspects of the experimental design for differential display of transcripts obtained from complex tissues. In “Differential Display. A Practical Approach” Eds. R.A. Leslie and H.A.Robertson. OUP, Oxford, UK. : 35-66
Formstone CJ, Barclay J, Rees M, Little PF (2000) Chromosomal localization of Celsr2 and Celsr3 in the mouse; Celsr3 is a candidate for the tippy (tip) lethal mutant on chromosome 9. Mamm Genome 11: 392-4
Mason I (2000) The RET receptor tyrosine kinase: activation, signalling and significance in neural development and disease. Pharm Acta Helv 74: 261-4
Prinjha RK, Shapland CE, Hsuan JJ, Totty NF, Mason IJ, Lawson D (2000) Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs encoding the actin cross-linking protein transgelin defines a new family of actin-associated proteins. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 28: 243-55
Cardoso WV, Itoh A, Nogawa H, Mason I, Brody JS (2000) FGF-1 and FGF-7 induce distinct patterns of growth and differentiation in embryonic lung epithelium. Dev Dyn 208: 398-405
Ledig MM, McKinnell IW, Mrsic-Flogel T, Wang J, Alvares C, Mason I, Bixby JL, Mueller BK, Stoker AW (2000) Expression of receptor tyrosine phosphatases during development of the retinotectal projection of the chick. J Neurobiol 39: 81-96
Walshe J, Mason I (2000) Expression of FGFR1, FGFR2 and FGFR3 during early neural development in the chick embryo. Mech Dev 90: 103-10
Chambers D, Medhurst AD, Walsh FS, Price J, Mason I (2000) Differential display of genes expressed at the midbrain - hindbrain junction identifies sprouty2: an FGF8-inducible member of a family of intracellular FGF antagonists. Mol Cell Neurosci 15: 22-35
Irving C, Mason I (2000) Signalling by FGF8 from the isthmus patterns anterior hindbrain and establishes the anterior limit of Hox gene expression. Development 127: 177-86
Chambers D, Mason I (2000) Expression of sprouty2 during early development of the chick embryo is coincident with known sites of FGF signalling. Mech Dev 91: 361-4
Ernsberger U, Reissmann E, Mason I, Rohrer H (2000) The expression of dopamine beta-hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and Phox2 transcription factors in sympathetic neurons: evidence for common regulation during noradrenergic induction and diverging regulation later in development. Mech Dev 92: 169-77
Beer HD, Vindevoghel L, Gait MJ, Revest JM, Duan DR, Mason I, Dickson C, Werner S (2000) Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor 1-IIIb is a naturally occurring functional receptor for FGFs that is preferentially expressed in the skin and the brain. J Biol Chem 275: 16091-7
Mackenzie S, Walsh FS, Graham A (2000) Migration of hypoglossal myoblast precursors. Dev Dyn 213: 349-58
Boyd JD, Casagrande VA (2000) Relationships between cytochrome oxidase (CO) blobs in primate primary visual cortex (V1) and the distribution of neurons projecting to the middle temporal area (MT). J Comp Neurol 409: 573-91
Graham A (2000) Animal phylogeny: root and branch surgery. Curr Biol 10: R36-8
Graham A (2000) Mammalian development: new trick for an old dog. Curr Biol 10: R401-3
Graham A, Begbie J (2000) Neurogenic placodes: a common front. Trends Neurosci 23: 313-6
Veitch E, Begbie J, Schilling TF, Smith MM, Graham A (2000) Pharyngeal arch patterning in the absence of neural crest. Curr Biol 9: 1481-4
Basson MA, Bommhardt U, Cole MS, Tso JY, Zamoyska R (2000) CD3 ligation on immature thymocytes generates antagonist-like signals appropriate for CD8 lineage commitment, independently of T cell receptor specificity. J Exp Med 187: 1249-60
Huai J, Drescher U (2000) An ephrin-A-dependent signaling pathway controls integrin function and is linked to the tyrosine phosphorylation of a 120-kDa protein. J Biol Chem 276: 6689-94

1999

Ming G, Song H, Berninger B, Inagaki N, Tessier-Lavigne M, Poo M (1999) Phospholipase C-gamma and phosphoinositide 3-kinase mediate cytoplasmic signaling in nerve growth cone guidance. Neuron 23: 139-48
Berninger B, Schinder AF, Poo MM (1999) Synaptic reliability correlates with reduced susceptibility to synaptic potentiation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Learn Mem 6: 232-42
Meyer MP, Clarke JD, Patel K, Townsend-Nicholson A, Burnstock G (1999) Selective expression of purinoceptor cP2Y1 suggests a role for nucleotide signalling in development of the chick embryo. Dev Dyn 214: 152-8
Meyer MP, Gröschel-Stewart U, Robson T, Burnstock G (1999) Expression of two ATP-gated ion channels, P2X5 and P2X6, in developing chick skeletal muscle. Dev Dyn 216: 442-9
Jungbluth S, Bell E, Lumsden A (1999) Specification of distinct motor neuron identities by the singular activities of individual Hox genes. Development 126: 2751-8
Bell E, Lumsden A, Graham A (1999) Expression of GATA-2 in the developing avian rhombencephalon. Mech Dev 84: 173-6
Bell E, Wingate RJ, Lumsden A (1999) Homeotic transformation of rhombomere identity after localized Hoxb1 misexpression. Science 284: 2168-71
Wingate RJ (1999) Microscopy and photomicrography techniques. Methods Mol Biol 97: 711-33
Millen KJ, Millonig JH, Wingate RJ, Alder J, Hatten ME (1999) Neurogenetics of the cerebellar system. J Child Neurol 14: 574-81; discussion 581-2
Wingate RJ, Hatten ME (1999) The role of the rhombic lip in avian cerebellum development. Development 126: 4395-404
Chalmers RM, Andreae L, Wood NW, Durai Raj RV, Casey AT (1999) Familial hydrocephalus. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67: 410-11
Fanto M, Mlodzik M (1999) Asymmetric Notch activation specifies photoreceptors R3 and R4 and planar polarity in the Drosophila eye. Nature 397: 523-6
Lieberam I, Förster I (1999) The murine beta-chemokine TARC is expressed by subsets of dendritic cells and attracts primed CD4+ T cells. Eur J Immunol 29: 2684-94
Lowe A, Finch A, Boniface D, Chaudhuri R, Shekhdar J (1999) Diagnostic image quality of mobile neonatal chest X-rays and the radiation exposure incurred. Br J Radiol 72: 55-61
Zhou G, Somasundaram T, Blanc E, Chen Z, Chapman MS (1999) Critical initial real-space refinement in the structure determination of arginine kinase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 55: 835-45
Chen Z, Blanc E, Chapman MS (1999) Real-space molecular-dynamics structure refinement. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 55: 464-8
Chen Z, Blanc E, Chapman MS (1999) Improved free R factors for cross-validation of macromolecular structure - importance for real-space refinement. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 55: 219-24
Herman MA, Ch'ng Q, Hettenbach SM, Ratliff TM, Kenyon C, Herman RK (1999) EGL-27 is similar to a metastasis-associated factor and controls cell polarity and cell migration in C. elegans. Development 126: 1055-64
Ch'ng Q, Kenyon C (1999) egl-27 generates anteroposterior patterns of cell fusion in C. elegans by regulating Hox gene expression and Hox protein function. Development 126: 3303-12
Ylikorkala A, Avizienyte E, Tomlinson IP, Tiainen M, Roth S, Loukola A, Hemminki A, Johansson M, Sistonen P, Markie D, Neale K, Phillips R, Zauber P, Twama T, Sampson J, Järvinen H, Mäkelä TP, Aaltonen LA (1999) Mutations and impaired function of LKB1 in familial and non-familial Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and a sporadic testicular cancer. Hum Mol Genet 8: 45-51
Bertuzzi S, Hindges R, Mui SH, O'Leary DD, Lemke G (1999) The homeodomain protein vax1 is required for axon guidance and major tract formation in the developing forebrain. Genes Dev 13: 3092-105
Gomis A, Burrone J, Lagnado L (1999) Two actions of calcium regulate the supply of releasable vesicles at the ribbon synapse of retinal bipolar cells. J Neurosci 19: 6309-17
Williams DW, Shepherd D (1999) Persistent larval sensory neurons in adult Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurobiol 39: 275-86
Dütting D, Handwerker C, Drescher U (1999) Topographic targeting and pathfinding errors of retinal axons following overexpression of ephrinA ligands on retinal ganglion cell axons. Dev Biol 216: 297-311
Hornberger MR, Dütting D, Ciossek T, Yamada T, Handwerker C, Lang S, Weth F, Huf J, Wessel R, Logan C, Tanaka H, Drescher U (1999) Modulation of EphA receptor function by coexpressed ephrinA ligands on retinal ganglion cell axons. Neuron 22: 731-42
Apelqvist A, Li H, Sommer L, Beatus P, Anderson DJ, Honjo T, Hrabe de Angelis M, Lendahl U, Edlund H (1999) Notch signalling controls pancreatic cell differentiation. Nature 400: 877-81
Mee PJ, Turner M, Basson MA, Costello PS, Zamoyska R, Tybulewicz VL (1999) Greatly reduced efficiency of both positive and negative selection of thymocytes in CD45 tyrosine phosphatase-deficient mice. Eur J Immunol 29: 2923-33
Bommhardt U, Basson MA, Krummrei U, Zamoyska R (1999) Activation of the extracellular signal-related kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway discriminates CD4 versus CD8 lineage commitment in the thymus. J Immunol 163: 715-22
Buchner G, Montini E, Andolfi G, Quaderi N, Cainarca S, Messali S, Bassi MT, Ballabio A, Meroni G, Franco B (1999) MID2, a homologue of the Opitz syndrome gene MID1: similarities in subcellular localization and differences in expression during development. Hum Mol Genet 8: 1397-407
Bulfone A, Martinez S, Marigo V, Campanella M, Basile A, Quaderi N, Gattuso C, Rubenstein JL, Ballabio A (1999) Expression pattern of the Tbr2 (Eomesodermin) gene during mouse and chick brain development. Mech Dev 84: 133-8
Mason I (1999) The avian embryo. An overview. Methods Mol Biol 97: 215-20
Mason I (1999) Chick embryos. Incubation and isolation. Methods Mol Biol 97: 221-4
Mahmood R, Mason I (1999) In situ hybridization of radioactive riboprobes to RNA in tissue sections. Methods Mol Biol 97: 611-21
Shamim H, Mahmood R, Mason I (1999) In situ hybridization to RNA in whole embryos. Methods Mol Biol 97: 623-33
Mason I (1999) Immunohistochemistry on whole embryos. Methods Mol Biol 97: 663-6
Shamim H, Mahmood R, Logan C, Doherty P, Lumsden A, Mason I (1999) Sequential roles for Fgf4, En1 and Fgf8 in specification and regionalisation of the midbrain. Development 126: 945-59
Shamim H, Mason I (1999) Expression of Fgf4 during early development of the chick embryo. Mech Dev 85: 189-92
Irving C, Mason I (1999) Regeneration of isthmic tissue is the result of a specific and direct interaction between rhombomere 1 and midbrain. Development 126: 3981-9
Begbie J, Brunet JF, Rubenstein JL, Graham A (1999) Induction of the epibranchial placodes. Development 126: 895-902
Graham A, McGonnell I (1999) Limb development: Farewell to arms. Curr Biol 9: R368-70
Graham A, McGonnell I (1999) Developmental evolution: this side of paradise. Curr Biol 9: R630-2
Eickholt BJ, Mackenzie SL, Graham A, Walsh FS, Doherty P (1999) Evidence for collapsin-1 functioning in the control of neural crest migration in both trunk and hindbrain regions. Development 126: 2181-9

1998

Wang X, Berninger B, Poo M (1998) Localized synaptic actions of neurotrophin-4. J Neurosci 18: 4985-92
Greensmith L, Harding DI, Meyer MP, Vrbová G (1998) Mechanical activity is necessary for the elimination of polyneuronal innervation of developing rat soleus muscles. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 110: 131-4
Logan C, Wingate RJ, McKay IJ, Lumsden A (1998) Tlx-1 and Tlx-3 homeobox gene expression in cranial sensory ganglia and hindbrain of the chick embryo: markers of patterned connectivity. J Neurosci 18: 5389-402
Fanto M, Mayes CA, Mlodzik M (1998) Linking cell-fate specification to planar polarity: determination of the R3/R4 photoreceptors is a prerequisite for the interpretation of the Frizzled mediated polarity signal. Mech Dev 74: 51-8
Zhou G, Somasundaram T, Blanc E, Parthasarathy G, Ellington WR, Chapman MS (1998) Transition state structure of arginine kinase: implications for catalysis of bimolecular reactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95: 8449-54
Zhou G, Wang J, Blanc E, Chapman MS (1998) Determination of the relative precision of atoms in a macromolecular structure. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 54: 391-9
Payen E, Verkerk T, Michalovich D, Dreyer SD, Winterpacht A, Lee B, De Zeeuw CI, Grosveld F, Galjart N (1998) The centromeric/nucleolar chromatin protein ZFP-37 may function to specify neuronal nuclear domains. J Biol Chem 273: 9099-109
Ciossek T, Monschau B, Kremoser C, Löschinger J, Lang S, Müller BK, Bonhoeffer F, Drescher U (1998) Eph receptor-ligand interactions are necessary for guidance of retinal ganglion cell axons in vitro. Eur J Neurosci 10: 1574-80
Basson MA, Bommhardt U, Mee PJ, Tybulewicz VL, Zamoyska R (1998) Molecular requirements for lineage commitment in the thymus--antibody-mediated receptor engagements reveal a central role for lck in lineage decisions. Immunol Rev 165: 181-94
Puca AA, Nigro V, Piluso G, Belsito A, Sampaolo S, Quaderi N, Rossi E, Di Iorio G, Ballabio A, Franco B (1998) Identification and characterization of a novel member of the dystrobrevin gene family. FEBS Lett 425: 7-13
Quaderi NA, Dal Zotto L, Elliott R, Lingerfelter PA, Carrel L, Valsecchi V, Montini E, Yen CH, Chapman V, Kalcheva I, Arrigo G, Zuffardi O, Thomas S, Willard HF, Ballabio A, Disteche CM, Rugarli EI (1998) The mouse Mid1 gene: implications for the pathogenesis of Opitz syndrome and the evolution of the mammalian pseudoautosomal region. Hum Mol Genet 7: 489-99
Greenfield A, Carrel L, Pennisi D, Philippe C, Quaderi N, Siggers P, Steiner K, Tam PP, Monaco AP, Willard HF, Koopman P (1998) The UTX gene escapes X inactivation in mice and humans. Hum Mol Genet 7: 737-42
Gaudenz K, Roessler E, Quaderi N, Franco B, Feldman G, Gasser DL, Wittwer B, Horst J, Montini E, Opitz JM, Ballabio A, Muenke M (1998) Opitz G/BBB syndrome in Xp22: mutations in the MID1 gene cluster in the carboxy-terminal domain. Am J Hum Genet 63: 703-10
Hadjantonakis AK, Formstone CJ, Little PF (1998) mCelsr1 is an evolutionarily conserved seven-pass transmembrane receptor and is expressed during mouse embryonic development. Mech Dev 78: 91-5