Publications

1998

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Shamim H, Mason I (1998) Expression of Gbx-2 during early development of the chick embryo. Mech Dev

1997

Canossa M, Griesbeck O, Berninger B, Campana G, Kolbeck R, Thoenen H (1997) Neurotrophin release by neurotrophins: implications for activity-dependent neuronal plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ming GL, Song HJ, Berninger B, Holt CE, Tessier-Lavigne M, Poo MM (1997) cAMP-dependent growth cone guidance by netrin-1. Neuron
Bell EJ, Brickell PM (1997) Replication-competent retroviral vectors for expressing genes in avian cells in vitro and in vivo. Mol Biotechnol
Chapman MS, Blanc E (1997) Potential use of real-space refinement in protein structure determination. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr
Gavalas A, Davenne M, Lumsden A, Chambon P, Rijli FM (1997) Role of Hoxa-2 in axon pathfinding and rostral hindbrain patterning. Development
Burrone J, Lagnado L (1997) Electrical resonance and Ca2+ influx in the synaptic terminal of depolarizing bipolar cells from the goldfish retina. J Physiol
Drescher U (1997) The Eph family in the patterning of neural development. Curr Biol
Drescher U, Faissner A, Klein R, Rathjen FG, Stürmer C (1997) Axonal growth and pathfinding: from phenomena to molecules. Cell Tissue Res
Ohta K, Iwamasa H, Drescher U, Terasaki H, Tanaka H (1997) The inhibitory effect on neurite outgrowth of motoneurons exerted by the ligands ELF-1 and RAGS. Mech Dev
Monschau B, Kremoser C, Ohta K, Tanaka H, Kaneko T, Yamada T, Handwerker C, Hornberger MR, Löschinger J, Pasquale EB, Siever DA, Verderame MF, Müller BK, Bonhoeffer F, Drescher U (1997) Shared and distinct functions of RAGS and ELF-1 in guiding retinal axons. EMBO J
Drescher U, Bonhoeffer F, Müller BK (1997) The Eph family in retinal axon guidance. Curr Opin Neurobiol
Brennan C, Monschau B, Lindberg R, Guthrie B, Drescher U, Bonhoeffer F, Holder N (1997) Two Eph receptor tyrosine kinase ligands control axon growth and may be involved in the creation of the retinotectal map in the zebrafish. Development
Apelqvist A, Ahlgren U, Edlund H (1997) Sonic hedgehog directs specialised mesoderm differentiation in the intestine and pancreas. Curr Biol
D'Esposito M, Matarazzo MR, Ciccodicola A, Strazzullo M, Mazzarella R, Quaderi NA, Fujiwara H, Ko MS, Rowe LB, Ricco A, Archidiacono N, Rocchi M, Schlessinger D, D'Urso M (1997) Differential expression pattern of XqPAR-linked genes SYBL1 and IL9R correlates with the structure and evolution of the region. Hum Mol Genet
Quaderi NA, Schweiger S, Gaudenz K, Franco B, Rugarli EI, Berger W, Feldman GJ, Volta M, Andolfi G, Gilgenkrantz S, Marion RW, Hennekam RC, Opitz JM, Muenke M, Ropers HH, Ballabio A (1997) Opitz G/BBB syndrome, a defect of midline development, is due to mutations in a new RING finger gene on Xp22. Nat Genet
Robertson K, Mason I (1997) The GDNF-RET signalling partnership. Trends Genet
Robertson K, Mason I, Hall S (1997) Hirschsprung's disease: genetic mutations in mice and men. Gut
Saffell JL, Williams EJ, Mason IJ, Walsh FS, Doherty P (1997) Expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor inhibits axonal growth and FGF receptor phosphorylation stimulated by CAMs. Neuron

1996

Marty S, Berninger B, Carroll P, Thoenen H (1996) GABAergic stimulation regulates the phenotype of hippocampal interneurons through the regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Neuron
Francis-West PH, Richardson MK, Bell E, Chen P, Luyten F, Adelfattah A, Barlow AJ, Brickell PM, Wolpert L, Archer CW (1996) The effect of overexpression of BMPs and GDF-5 on the development of chick limb skeletal elements. Ann N Y Acad Sci
Duprez D, Bell EJ, Richardson MK, Archer CW, Wolpert L, Brickell PM, Francis-West PH (1996) Overexpression of BMP-2 and BMP-4 alters the size and shape of developing skeletal elements in the chick limb. Mech Dev
Wingate RJ (1996) Retinal ganglion cell dendritic development and its control. Filling the gaps. Mol Neurobiol
Wingate RJ, Lumsden A (1996) Persistence of rhombomeric organisation in the postsegmental hindbrain. Development
Fitzgibbon T, Wingate RJ, Thompson ID (1996) Soma and axon diameter distributions and central projections of ferret retinal ganglion cells. Vis Neurosci
Chambers D, Thomas JT, Boam D, Wallis GA, Grant ME, Boot-Handford RP (1996) Sequence elements within intron 1 of the human collagen X gene do not contribute to the regulation of gene expression. Ann N Y Acad Sci
Förster I, Lieberam I (1996) Peripheral tolerance of CD4 T cells following local activation in adolescent mice. Eur J Immunol
Ellis J, Tan-Un KC, Harper A, Michalovich D, Yannoutsos N, Philipsen S, Grosveld F (1996) A dominant chromatin-opening activity in 5' hypersensitive site 3 of the human beta-globin locus control region. EMBO J
Nosten-Bertrand M, Errington ML, Murphy KP, Tokugawa Y, Barboni E, Kozlova E, Michalovich D, Morris RG, Silver J, Stewart CL, Bliss TV, Morris RJ (1996) Normal spatial learning despite regional inhibition of LTP in mice lacking Thy-1. Nature
Mazarakis N, Michalovich D, Karis A, Grosveld F, Galjart N (1996) Zfp-37 is a member of the KRAB zinc finger gene family and is expressed in neurons of the developing and adult CNS. Genomics
Fruttiger M, Calver AR, Krüger WH, Mudhar HS, Michalovich D, Takakura N, Nishikawa S, Richardson WD (1996) PDGF mediates a neuron-astrocyte interaction in the developing retina. Neuron
Logan C, Wizenmann A, Drescher U, Monschau B, Bonhoeffer F, Lumsden A (1996) Rostral optic tectum acquires caudal characteristics following ectopic engrailed expression. Curr Biol
Drescher U (1996) Netrins find their receptor. Nature
Müller BK, Bonhoeffer F, Drescher U (1996) Novel gene families involved in neural pathfinding. Curr Opin Genet Dev
Herman GE, Blair HJ, Boyd SD, de Gouyon B, Haynes A, Quaderi N (1996) Encyclopedia of the mouse genome V. Mouse X chromosome. Mamm Genome
Quaderi NA, D'Esposito M, Ciccodicola A, Bruni P, Esposito T, D'Urso M, Brown SD (1996) Isolation, physical mapping, and northern analysis of the X-linked human gene encoding methyl CpG-binding protein, MECP2. Mamm Genome
de Gouyon B, Chatterjee A, Monaco A, Quaderi N, Brown SD, Herman GE (1996) Comparative mapping on the mouse X chromosome defines a myotubular myopathy equivalent region. Mamm Genome
Mason IJ (1996) Rapid sequencing of cDNA clones. Direct sequencing using sequential linear/asymmetric PCR. Methods Mol Biol
Mason I (1996) Neural induction: do fibroblast growth factors strike a cord? Curr Biol
Mason I (1996) The GDNF Receptor: Recent Progress and Unanswered Questions Mol Cell Neurosci
Kiefer P, Mathieu M, Mason I, Dickson C (1996) Secretion and mitogenic activity of zebrafish FGF3 reveal intermediate properties relative to mouse and Xenopus homologues. Oncogene
Mahmood R, Mason IJ, Morriss-Kay GM (1996) Expression of Fgf-3 in relation to hindbrain segmentation, otic pit position and pharyngeal arch morphology in normal and retinoic acid-exposed mouse embryos. Anat Embryol (Berl)
Sheikh H, Mason I (1996) Polarising activity of FGF-8 in the avian midbrain. Int J Dev Biol

1995

Zirrgiebel U, Ohga Y, Carter B, Berninger B, Inagaki N, Thoenen H, Lindholm D (1995) Characterization of TrkB receptor-mediated signaling pathways in rat cerebellar granule neurons: involvement of protein kinase C in neuronal survival. J Neurochem
Castrén M, Trapp T, Berninger B, Castrén E, Holsboer F (1995) Transcriptional induction of rat mineralocorticoid receptor gene in neurones by corticosteroids. J Mol Endocrinol
Berninger B, Marty S, Zafra F, da Penha Berzaghi M, Thoenen H, Lindholm D (1995) GABAergic stimulation switches from enhancing to repressing BDNF expression in rat hippocampal neurons during maturation in vitro. Development
González A, Marín O, Smeets WJ (1995) Development of catecholamine systems in the central nervous system of the newt Pleurodeles waltlii as revealed by tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry. J Comp Neurol

Marín O, González A, Smeets WJ (1995) Evidence for a mesolimbic pathway in anuran amphibians: a combined tract-tracing/immunohistochemical study. Neurosci Lett

Wingate RJ, Thompson ID (1995) Axonal target choice and dendritic development of ferret beta retinal ganglion cells. Eur J Neurosci
Costigan M, Chambers DA, Boot-Handford RP (1995) Collagen turnover in renal disease. Exp Nephrol
Nuez B, Michalovich D, Bygrave A, Ploemacher R, Grosveld F (1995) Defective haematopoiesis in fetal liver resulting from inactivation of the EKLF gene. Nature
Drescher U, Kremoser C, Handwerker C, Löschinger J, Noda M, Bonhoeffer F (1995) In vitro guidance of retinal ganglion cell axons by RAGS, a 25 kDa tectal protein related to ligands for Eph receptor tyrosine kinases. Cell
Adler DA, Quaderi NA, Brown SD, Chapman VM, Moore J, Tate P, Disteche CM (1995) The X-linked methylated DNA binding protein, Mecp2, is subject to X inactivation in the mouse. Mamm Genome
Quaderi NA, Gianfrancesco F, Brown SD, D'Urso M, D'Esposito M (1995) Genetic mapping of a gene encoding an atypical protein kinase C, protein kinase C lambda, to the proximal region of mouse chromosome 3. Genomics
Mathieu M, Kiefer P, Mason I, Dickson C (1995) Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 3 from Xenopus laevis (XFGF3) binds with high affinity to FGF receptor 2. J Biol Chem
Mattei MG, deLapeyrière O, Bresnick J, Dickson C, Birnbaum D, Mason I (1995) Mouse Fgf7 (fibroblast growth factor 7) and Fgf8 (fibroblast growth factor 8) genes map to chromosomes 2 and 19 respectively. Mamm Genome
Mahmood R, Bresnick J, Hornbruch A, Mahony C, Morton N, Colquhoun K, Martin P, Lumsden A, Dickson C, Mason I (1995) A role for FGF-8 in the initiation and maintenance of vertebrate limb bud outgrowth. Curr Biol
Robertson K, Mason I (1995) Expression of ret in the chicken embryo suggests roles in regionalisation of the vagal neural tube and somites and in development of multiple neural crest and placodal lineages. Mech Dev
Mathieu M, Chatelain E, Ornitz D, Bresnick J, Mason I, Kiefer P, Dickson C (1995) Receptor binding and mitogenic properties of mouse fibroblast growth factor 3. Modulation of response by heparin. J Biol Chem

1994

Cavalié A, Berninger B, Haas CA, García DE, Lindholm D, Lux HD (1994) Constitutive upregulation of calcium channel currents in rat phaeochromocytoma cells: role of c-fos and c-jun. J Physiol
González A, Marín O, Tuinhof R, Smeets WJ (1994) Ontogeny of catecholamine systems in the central nervous system of anuran amphibians: an immunohistochemical study with antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine. J Comp Neurol

Wingate RJ, Thompson ID (1994) Targeting and activity-related dendritic modification in mammalian retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci
Quaderi NA, Meehan RR, Tate PH, Cross SH, Bird AP, Chatterjee A, Herman GE, Brown SD (1994) Genetic and physical mapping of a gene encoding a methyl CpG binding protein, Mecp2, to the mouse X chromosome. Genomics
Mason IJ (1994) The ins and outs of fibroblast growth factors. Cell
Mason I (1994) Cell signalling. Do adhesion molecules signal via FGF receptors? Curr Biol
Goodyear PD, MacLaughlin-Black S, Mason IJ (1994) A reliable method for the removal of co-purifying PCR inhibitors from ancient DNA. Biotechniques
Mason IJ, Fuller-Pace F, Smith R, Dickson C (1994) FGF-7 (keratinocyte growth factor) expression during mouse development suggests roles in myogenesis, forebrain regionalisation and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Mech Dev

1993

Berninger B, García DE, Inagaki N, Hahnel C, Lindholm D (1993) BDNF and NT-3 induce intracellular Ca2+ elevation in hippocampal neurones. Neuroreport
Andreae LC, Herbert J (1993) Expression of c-fos in restricted areas of the basal forebrain and brainstem following single or combined intraventricular infusions of vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor. Neuroscience

1992

Lindholm D, Castrén E, Hengerer B, Zafra F, Berninger B, Thoenen H (1992) Differential Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Synthesis in Neurons and Astrocytes by Glucocorticoid Hormones. Eur J Neurosci
Wingate RJ, Fitzgibbon T, Thompson ID (1992) Lucifer yellow, retrograde tracers, and fractal analysis characterise adult ferret retinal ganglion cells. J Comp Neurol
Mason IJ (1992) Rapid and direct sequencing of DNA from bacteriophage plaques using sequential linear and asymmetric PCR. Biotechniques
Mason IJ, Mudge AW (1992) Onset of CGRP expression and its restriction to a subset of spinal motor neuron pools in the chick embryo is not affected by treatment with curare. Neurosci Lett

1991

Moss SJ, Harkness PC, Mason IJ, Barnard EA, Mudge AW (1991) Evidence that CGRP and cAMP increase transcription of AChR alpha-subunit gene, but not of other subunit genes. J Mol Neurosci

1990

Nanda NK, Thomson E, Mason I (1990) Murine suppressor T cell clones specific for minor histocompatibility antigens express CD4, CD8, and alpha beta T cell receptor molecules. Int Immunol

1988

McVey JH, Nomura S, Kelly P, Mason IJ, Hogan BL (1988) Characterization of the mouse SPARC/osteonectin gene. Intron/exon organization and an unusual promoter region. J Biol Chem

1986

Mason IJ, Taylor A, Williams JG, Sage H, Hogan BL (1986) Evidence from molecular cloning that SPARC, a major product of mouse embryo parietal endoderm, is related to an endothelial cell 'culture shock' glycoprotein of Mr 43,000. EMBO J
Mason IJ, Murphy D, Münke M, Francke U, Elliott RW, Hogan BL (1986) Developmental and transformation-sensitive expression of the Sparc gene on mouse chromosome 11. EMBO J