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  • Cresko, W., Y.-L. Yan, D. Baltrus, A. Singer, A. Rodriguez-Mari, and J.H. Postlethwait (2003) Genome duplication, subfunction partitioning, and lineage divergence: Sox9 in stickleback and zebrafish. Dev. Dyn., in press.
  • Fredriksson, R., E.T. Larson, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (2003) Novel neuropeptide Y Y2-like receptor subtype in zebrafish and frogs supports early vertebrate chromosome duplications. J. Mol. Evol., in press.
  • Liu, D., H. Chu, L. Maves, Y.-L. Yan, P.A. Morcos, J.H. Postlethwait and M. Westerfield (2003) Fgf3 and Fgf8 dependent and independent transcription factors are required for otic placode specification. Development 130:2213-2224.
  • Masumoto, J., W. Zhou, F.F. Chen, F. Su, J.Y. Kuwada, E. Hidaka, T. Katsuyama, J. Sagara, S. Taniguchi, P. Ngo-Hazelett, J.H. Postlethwait, G. Nunez, and N. Inohara (2002) Caspy: A Zebrafish caspase activated by ASC oligomerization required for pharyngeal Arch development. J. Biol. Chem. 278(6):4268-4276.
  • Nolte, C., A. Amores, E. Nagy Kovacs, J. Postlethwait, and M. Featherstone (2002) The role of retinoic acid response element in establishing the anterior neural expression border of Hoxd4 transgenes. Mech. Dev. 120:325-335.
  • Paw, B.H., A.J. Davidson, Y. Zhou, R. Li, S.J. Pratt, C. Lee, N.S. Trede, A. Brownlie, A. Donovan, E.C. Liao, J.M. Ziai, A.H. Drejer, W. Guo, C.H. Kim, B. Gwynn, L.L. Peters, M.N. Chernova, S.L. Alper, A. Zapata, S.N. Wickramasinghe, M.J. Lee, S.E. Lux, A. Fritz, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (2003) Cell-specific mitotic defect and dyserythropoiesis associated with erythroid band 3 deficiency. Nat. Genet. 34:59-64.
  • Rhinn, M., K. Lun, M. Werner, A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and M. Brand (2003) Cloning, expression and relationship of zebrafish gbx1 and gbx2 genes to Fgf signaling during early brain development. Mech. Dev. 120:919-936.
  • Ruuskanen, J., H. Xhaard, A. Marjamäki, E. Salaneck, T. Salminen, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, M.S. Johnson, D. Larhammar, and M. Scheinin (2003) Identification of duplicated fourth {alpha} 2-adrenergic receptor subtype by cloning and mapping of five receptor genes in zebrafish. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10: prepublished on-line.
  • Zhao, C.T., K.H. Shi, Y. Su, L.Y. Liang, Y. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and A.M. Meng (2003) Two variants of zebrafish p100 are expressed during embryogenesis and regulated by Nodal signaling. FEBS Lett. 543:190-195.
  • Canfield, V.A., B. Loppin, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, J.H. Postlethwait, M.-A.P.K. Mohideen, S.J.R. Rajarao, and R. Levenson (2002) Na,K-ATPase α and β subunit genes exhibit unique expression patterns during zebrafish embryogenesis. Mech. Dev. 116:51-59.
  • Dunér, T., J.M. Conlon, J. Kukkonen, K.E.O. Åkerman, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (2002) Cloning, structural characterization and functional expression of a zebrafish bradykinin B2-related receptor, Biochem. J. 364:817-824.
  • Kalev-Zylinska, M.L., J.A. Horsfield, M.V.C. Flores, J.H. Postlethwait, M.R. Vitas, A.M. Baas, P.S. Crosier, and K.E. Crosier (2002) Runx1 is required for zebrafish blood and vessel development, and expression of a human RUNX1-CBF2T1 transgene advances a model for studies of leukemogenesis. Development 129:2015-2030.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., A. Amores,Y.-L. Yan, and C. Austin (2002) Duplication of a portion of human chromosome 20q containing topoisomerase (top1) and snail genes provides evidence on genome expansion and the radiation of teleost fish. In Aquatic Genomics. N. Shimizu, T. Aoiki, I. Hirono, and F. Takashima, eds. Tokyo: Springer.
  • Pratt, S.J., Drejer, A., Foott, H., Barut, B., Brownlie, A., Postlethwait, J., Kato, Y., Yamamoto, M., and Zon, L.I. (2002) Isolation and characterization of zebrafish NFE2. Physiol. Gen. 11:91-98.
  • Rajarao, J.R., V.A. Canfield, B. Loppin, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, and R. Levenson (2002) Two Na,K-ATPase $ 2 subunit isoforms are differentially expressed within the central nervous system and sensory organs during zebrafish embryogenesis. Dev. Dyn. 223:254-261.
  • Ringholm, A., R. Fredriksson, N. Poliakova, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, D. Larhammar, and H.B. Schiöth (2002) One melanocortin 4 and two melanocortin 5 receptors from zebrafish show remarkable conservation in structure and pharmacology. J. Neurochem. 82:6-18.
  • Singer, A., H. Perlman, Y.-L. Yan, C. Walker, G. Corley-Smith, B. Brandhorst, and J.H. Postlethwait (2002) Sex-specific recombination rates in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Genetics 160:649-657.
  • Willot, V., Mathieu, J., Lu, Y., Schmid, B., Sidi, S., Yan, Y.-L., Postlethwait, J.H., Mullins, M., Rosa, F., and Peyriéras, N. (2002) Cooperative action of ADMP- and BMP-mediated pathways in regulating cell fates in the zebrafish gastrula. Dev. Biol. 241:59-78.
  • Yan, Y.-L., C.T. Miller, R. Nissen, A. Singer, D. Liu, A. Kim, B. Draper, J. Willoughby, P. Morcos, A. Amsterdam, B.C. Chung, M. Westerfield, P. Haffter, N. Hopkins, C. Kimmel, and J.H. Postlethwait (2002) A zebrafish sox9 gene required for cartilage morphogenesis. Development 129:5065-5079.
  • Bertrand, C., X. Cousin, C. Takke, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, J.-P. Toutant, and A. Chatonnet. (2001) Zebrafish acetylcholinesterase is encoded by a single gene localised distal of linkage group 7. Gene structure and polymorphism; Molecular forms and expression pattern during development.J. Biol. Chem. 276(1):464-474.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L, Pai, C.-I, Wyatt, M., Yan, Y.-L, Postlethwait, J.H., and Chung, B.-C. (2001) Two Sox9 genes on duplicated zebrafish chromosomes: expression of similar transcription activators in distinct sites. Dev. Biol. 231:149-163.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L., Y.-L. Yan, Y. Guiguen , J. Postlethwait, and B.-C. Chung (2001) Two Cyp19 (P450 aromatase) genes on duplicated zebrafish chromosomes are expressed in ovary or brain. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18:542-550.
  • Chiang, E.F.-L., Y.-L. Yan, S.-K. Tong, P.-H. Hsiao, Y. Guiguen, J. Postlethwait, and B.-C. Chung (2001) Characterization of duplicated zebrafish cyp19 genes. J. Exp. Zool. 290:709-714.
  • Crosier, P.S., A. Bardsley, J.A. Horsfield, A.K. Krassowska, E.R. Lavallie, L.A. Collins-Racie, J.H. Postlethwait, Y.-L. Yan, J.M. McCoy, and K.E. Crosier (2001) In situ hybridization screen in zebrafish for the selection of genes encoding secreted proteins. Dev. Dyn. 222:637-644.
  • Henry, C.A., B.D. Crawford, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, M.S. Cooper, and M.B. Hille (2001) Roles for zebrafish focal adhesion kinase in notochord and somite morphogenesis. Dev. Biol. 240:474-487.
  • Oates, A.C., S.J. Pratt, B. Vail, Y. Yan, R.K. Ho, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (2001) The zebrafish krüppel-like factor (klf) gene family. Blood 98:1792-1801.
  • Payne, T.L., J.H. Postlethwait, and P.C. Yelick (2001) Functional characterization and genetic mapping of alk8. Mech. Dev. 100:275-289.
  • Rajarao, S.J., V.A. Canfield, M.A. Mohideen, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, K.C. Cheng, and R. Levenson (2001) The repertoire of Na,K-ATPase alpha and beta subunit genes expressed in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Genome Res. 11:1211-1220.
  • Topczewski, J., D.S. Sepich, D.C. Myers, C. Walker, A. Amores, Z. Lele, M. Hammerschmidt, J. Postlethwait, and L. Solnica-Krezel (2001) The zebrafish glypican Knypek controls cell polarity during gastrulation movements of convergent extension. Dev. Cell 1:251-264.
  • Varga, Z.M., A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, J.S. Eisen, and M. Westerfield (2001) Zebrafish smoothened functions in ventral neural tube specification and axon tract formation. Development 128:3497-3509.
  • de Martino, S., Y.-L.Yan, T. Jowett, J.H. Postlethwait, Z.M Varga, A. Ashworth, and C.A. Austin (2000) Expression of sox11 gene duplicates in zebrafish suggests the reciprocal loss of ancestral gene expression patterns in development. Dev. Dyn. 217:279-292.
  • Kelly, P.D., F. Chu, I.G. Woods, P. Ngo-Hazelett, T. Cardozo, H. Huang, F. Kimm, L. Liao, Y.-L. Yan, Y. Zhou, S.L. Johnson, R. Abagyan, A.F. Schier, J.H. Postlethwait, and W.S. Talbot (2000) Genetic linkage mapping of zebrafish genes and ESTs. Genome Res.10:558-567.
  • Liao, W., C.Y. Ho, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, and D.Y.R. Stainier (2000) Hhex and Scl function in parallel to regulate early endothelial and blood differentiation in zebrafish. Development 127:4303-4313.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., I.G. Woods, P. Ngo-Hazelett, Y.-L. Yan, P.D. Kelly, F. Chu, H. Huang, A. Hill-Force, and W.S. Talbot (2000) Zebrafish comparative genomics and the origins of vertebrate chromosomes. Genome Res. 10:1890-1902.
  • Söderberg, C., A. Wraith, M. Ringvall, Y.-L. Yan, J.H. Postlethwait, L. Brodin, and D. Larhammar (2000) Zebrafish genes for neuropeptide Y and peptide YY reveal origin by chromosome duplication from an ancestral gene linked to the homeobox cluster. J. Neurochem. 75(3):908-918.
  • Woods, I.G., P.D. Kelly, F. Chue, P. Ngo-Hazelett, Y.-L. Yan, H. Huang, J.H. Postlethwait, and W.S. Talbot (2000) A comparative map of the zebrafish genome. Genome Res. 10:1903-1914.
  • Amores, A. and J.H. Postlethwait (1999) Banded chromosomes and the zebrafish karyotype. In The Zebrafish: Biology, H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Meth. Cell Biol. 60:323-338.
  • Corley-Smith, G.E., B.P. Brandhorst, C. Walker, and J.H. Postlethwait (1999) Production of haploid and diploid androgenetic zebrafish (including methology for delayed in vitro fertilization). In The Zebrafish: Biology, H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Meth. Cell Biol. 59:45-60.
  • Davidson, A.J., J. Postlethwait, Y.-L. Yan, D.R. Beier, C. van Doren, D. Förnzler, A.J. Celeste, K.E. Crosier, and P.S. Crosier (1999) Isolation of zebrafish gdf7 and comparative genetic mapping of genes belonging to the growth/differentiation factor 5, 6, 7 subgroup of the tgfß superfamily. Genome Res. 9:121-129.
  • Delot, E., H. Kataoka, C. Goutel, Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, J. Wittbrodt, and F.M. Rosa (1999) The BMP-related protein Radar: a maintenance factor for dorsal neuroectoderm cells? Mech. Dev. 85:15-25.
  • Force, A., M. Lynch, F.B. Pickett, A. Amores, Y.-L. Yan, and J. Postlethwait (1999) The preservation of duplicate genes by complementary degenerative mutations. Genetics 151:1531-1545.
  • Hukriede, N., L. Joly, M. Tsang, J. Miles, P. Tellis, J. Epstein, W. Barbazuk, F. Li, B. Paw, J. Postlethwait, T. Hudson, L. Zon, J. McPherson, M. Chevrette, I. Dawid, S. Johnson, and M. Ekker (1999) Radiation hybrid mapping of the zebrafish genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,USA 96:9745-9750.
  • König, C., Y.-L. Yan, J. Postlethwait, S. Wendler, and J.A. Campos-Ortega (1999) A recessive mutation leading to vertebral ankylosis in zebrafish is associated with amino acid alterations in the homologue of the human membrane-associated guanylate kinase DLG3. Mech. Dev. 86:17-28.
  • Oates, A.C., A. Brownlie, S.J. Pratt, D.V. Irvine, E.C. Liao, B.H. Paw, K.J. Dorian, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, L.I. Zon, and A.F. Wilks (1999) Gene duplication of zebrafish JAK2 homologs is accompanied by divergent embryonic expression patterns; only jak2a is expressed during erythropoiesis. Blood 94:2622-2636.
  • Oates, A.C., P. Wollberg, S.J. Pratt, B.H. Paw, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, L.I. Zon, and A.F. Wilks (1999) Zebrafish stat3 is expressed in restricted tissues during embryogenesis and stat1 rescues cytokine signaling in a STAT1 deficient human cell line. Dev. Dyn. 215:352-370.
  • O'Brien, S.J., J.F. Eisenberg, M. Miyamoto, S.B. Hedges, S. Kumar, D.E. Wilson, M. Menotti-Raymond, W.J. Murphy, W.G. Nash, L.A. Lyons, J.C. Menninger, R. Stanyon, J. Wienberg, N.G. Copeland, N.A. Jenkins, J. Gellin, M. Yerle, L. Andersson, J. Womack, T. Broad, J. Postlethwait, O. Serov, E. Bailey, M.R. James, J.A. Marshall Graves, et al (1999) Genome maps 10. Comparative genomics. Mammalian radiations. Wall chart. Science 286:463-478.
  • Postlethwait, J., A. Amores, A. Force, and Y.-L. Yan (1999) The zebrafish genome. In The Zebrafish: Genetics and Genomics, H.W. Detrich, III, M. Westerfield, and L.I. Zon, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Meth. Cell Biol. 60:149-163
  • Postlethwait, J.H., Y. Yan, and M. Gates (1999) Using random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) in zebrafish genomic analysis. In The Zebrafish: Genetics and Genomics, H.W. Detrich, III, M. Westerfield, and L.I. Zon, eds., San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Meth. Cell Biol. 60:165-179.
  • Starbäck, P., I. Lundell, R. Fredriksson, M.M. Berglund, Y.-L. Yan, A. Wraith, C. Söderberg, J.H. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (1999) Neuropeptide Y receptor subtype with unique properties cloned in the zebrafish: the zYa receptor. Mol. Brain Res. 70:242-252.
  • Amores, A., A. Force, Y.-L. Yan, L. Joly, C. Amemiya, A. Fritz, R.K. Ho, J. Langeland, V. Prince, Y.-L. Wang, M. Westerfield, M. Ekker, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Zebrafish hox clusters and vertebrate genome evolution. Science 282:1711-1714.
  • Förnzler, D., H. Her, E.W. Knapik, M. Clark, H. Lehrach, J.H. Postlethwait, L.I. Zon, and D.R. Beier (1998) Gene mapping in zebrafish using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. Genomics 51:216-222.
  • Lee K.-H., J.J. Marden, M.S. Thompson, H. MacLennan, Y. Kishimoto, S.J. Pratt, S. Schulte-Merker, M. Hammerschmidt, S.L. Johnson, J.H. Postlethwait, D.C. Baier, and L.I. Zon (1998) Cloning and genetic mapping of zebrafish BMP-2. Dev. Genet. 23:97-103.
  • Liao E.C., B.H. Paw, A.C. Oates, S.J. Pratt, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (1998) SCL/tal-1 transcription factor acts downstream of cloche to specify hematopoietic and vascular progenitors in zebrafish. Genes Dev. 12:621-626.
  • Postlethwait, J.H., Y.-L. Yan, M. Gates, S. Horne, A. Amores, A. Brownlie, A. Donovan, E. Egan, A. Force, Z. Gong, C. Goutel, A. Fritz, R. Kelsh, E. Knapik, E. Liao, P. Paw, D. Ransom, A. Singer, M. Thomson, T.S. Abduljabbar, P. Yelick. D. Beier, J.-S. Joly, D. Larhammar, F. Rosa, M. Westerfield, L.I. Zon, S.L. Johnson, and W.S. Talbot (1998) Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map. Nature Genet. 18:345-349.
  • Risinger, C., E. Salaneck, C. Soderbert, M. Gates, J. Postlethwait, and D. Larhammar (1998) Cloning of two loci for synapse protein Snap25 in zebrafish: localization in paralogous linkage groups suggests loss of one locus in the mammalian lineage. J. Neurosci. Res. 54:563-573.
  • Talbot, W.S., E.S. Egan, M.A. Gates, C. Walker, B. Ullmann, S.C. Neuhauss, C.B. Kimmel, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Genetic analysis of chromosomal rearrangements in the cyclops region of the zebrafish genome. Genetics 148:373-380.
  • Thompson, M.A., D.G. Ransom, S.J. Pratt, H. MacLennan, M.W. Kieran, H.W. Detrich III, B. Vail, T.L. Huber, B. Paw, A.J. Brownlie, A.C. Oates, A. Fritz, M.A. Gates, A. Amores, N. Bahary, W.S. Talbot, H. Her, D.R. Beier, J.H. Postlethwait, and L.I. Zon (1998) The cloche and spadetail genes differentially affect hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis. Dev. Biol. 197:248-269.
  • Yan, Y.L., T. Jowett, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Ectopic expression of hoxb2 after retinoic acid treatment of mRNA injection: disruption of hindbrain and craniofacial morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos. Dev. Dyn. 213:370-385.
  • Yan, Y.-L., W.S. Talbot, E.S. Egan, and J.H. Postlethwait (1998) Mutant rescue by BAC clone injection in zebrafish. Genomics 50:287-289.
  • Bingulac-Popovic, J., F. Figueroa, A. Sato, W.S. Talbot, S.L. Johnson, M. Gates, J.H. Postlethwait, and J. Klein (1997) Mapping of Mhc class I and class II regions to different linkage groups in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Immunogenetics 46:129-134.
  • Halpern, M.E., K. Hatta, S.L. Amacher, W.S. Talbot, Y.-L. Yan, B. Thisse, C. Thisse, J.H. Postlethwait, and C.B. Kimmel (1997) Genetic interactions in zebrafish midline development. Dev. Biol. 187:154-170.
  • Postlethwait, J.H. and W.S. Talbot (1997) Zebrafish genomics: from mutants to genes. Trends Genet. 13:183-190.
  • Schofield, R.M.S., J.H. Postlethwait, and H.W. Lefevre (1997) MeV-ion microprobe analyses of whole Drosophila suggest that zinc and copper accumulation is regulated storage not deposit excretion. J. Exp. Biol. 200:3235-3243.
  • Johnson, S.L., M.A. Gates, M. Johnson, W.S. Talbot, S. Horne, K. Baik, S. Rude, J.R. Wong, and J.H. Postlethwait (1996) Centromere-linkage analysis and the consolidation of the zebrafish genetic map. Genetics 142:1277-1288.
  • Halpern, M.E., C. Thisse, R.K. Ho, B. Thisse, R. Riggleman, B. Trevarrow, E. Weinberg, J.H. Postlethwait, and C.B. Kimmel (1995) Cell-autonomous shift from axial to paraxial mesodermal development in zebrafish floating head mutants. Development 121:4256-4264.
  • Johnson, S., D. Africa, S. Horne, and J. Postlethwait (1995) Half-tetrad analysis in zebrafish: Mapping the ros mutation and the centromere of linkage group I. Genetics 139:1727-1735.
  • Talbot, W.S., W. Trevarrow, M.E. Halpern, A.E. Melby, G. Farr, J.H. Postlethwait, T. Jowett, C.B. Kimmel, and D. Kimelman (1995) A homeobox gene essential for zebrafish notochord development. Nature 378:150-157.
  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, and J.H. Postlethwait (1995) Expression of snail2, a second member of the zebrafish snail family, in cephalic mesendoderm and in presumptive neural crest of wild type and spadetail mutant embryos. Dev. Biol. 172:86-99.
  • Yan, Y.-L., K. Hatta, B. Riggleman, and J.H. Postlethwait (1995) Expression of a type II collagen gene in the zebrafish embryonic axis. Dev. Dyn. 203:363-376.
  • Johnson, S.L., C.N. Midson, E.W. Ballinger, and J.H. Postlethwait (1994) Identification of RAPD primers that reveal extensive polymorphisms between laboratory strains of zebrafish. Genomics 19:152-156.
  • Postlethwait, J., S. Johnson, C.N. Midson, W.S. Talbot, M. Gates, E.W. Ballinger, D. Africa, R. Andrews, T. Carl, J.S. Eisen, S. Horne, C.B. Kimmel, M. Hutchinson, M. Johnson, and A. Rodriguez (1994) A genetic map for the zebrafish. Science 264:699-703.
  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, M.E. Halpern, and J.H. Postlethwait (1994) goosecoid expression in neurectoderm and mesendoderm is disrupted in zebrafish cyclops gastrulas. Dev. Biol. 164:420-429.
  • Thisse, C., B. Thisse, T. Schilling, and J. Postlethwait (1993) Structure of the zebrafish snail1 gene and its expression in wild type spadetail and no tail mutant embryos. Development 119:1203-1213.

     

     

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