Publications
2010

Arboleda-Estudillo, Y., Krieg, M., Stühmer, J., Licata, N.A., Muller, D.J. and Heisenberg, C.P. (2010). Movement directionality in collective migration of germ layer progenitors. Curr Biol, in press.

Dadda, M., Domenichini, A., Piffer, L., Argenton, F. and Bisazza, A. (2010). Early differences in epithalamic left-right asymmetry influence lateralization and personality of adult zebrafish. Behav Brain Res 206, 208-15.

Jänicke, M., Renisch, B. and Hammerschmidt, M. (2010). Zebrafish grainyhead-like1 is a common marker of different non-keratinocyte epidermal cell lineages, which segregate from each other in a Foxi3-dependent manner. Int J Dev Biol, in press.

Moro, E., Tomanin, R., Friso, A., Modena, N., Tiso, N., Scarpa, M. and Argenton, F. (2010). A novel functional role of iduronate-2-sulfatase in zebrafish early development. Matrix Biol 29, 43-50.

Ragvin, A., Moro, E., Fredman, D., Navratilova, P., Drivenes, Ø., Engström, P.G., Alonso, M.E., Mustienes Ede, L., Skarmeta, J.L., Tavares, M.J., Casares, F., Manzanares, M., van Heyningen, V., Molven, A., Njølstad, P.R., Argenton, F., Lenhard, B. and Becker, T.S. (2010). Long-range gene regulation links genomic type 2 diabetes and obesity risk regions to HHEX, SOX4, and IRX3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107, 775-80.

van den Akker, W.M., Durston, A.J. and Spaink, H.P. (2010). Identification of hoxb1b downstream genes: hoxb1b as a regulatory factor controlling transcriptional networks and cell movement during zebrafish gastrulation. Int J Dev Biol 54, 55-62.

2009

Abbas, L. and Whitfield, T.T. (2009). Nkcc1 (Slc12a2) is required for the regulation of endolymph volume in the otic vesicle and swim bladder volume in the zebrafish larva. Development 136, 2837-48.

Baxendale, S., Chen, C.K., Tang, H., Davison, C., Hateren, L.V., Croning, M.D., Humphray, S.J., Hubbard, S.J. and Ingham, P.W. (2009). Expression screening and annotation of a zebrafish myoblast cDNA library. Gene Exp Patterns 9, 73-82.

Brittijn, S.A., Duivesteijn, S.J., Belmamoune, M., Bertens, L.F., Bitter, W., de Bruijn, J.D., Champagne, D.L., Cuppen, E., Flik, G., Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C.M., Janssen, R.A., de Jong, I.M., de Kloet, E.R., Kros, A., Meijer, A.H., Metz, J.R., van der Sar, A.M., Schaaf, M.J., Schulte-Merker, S., Spaink, H.P., Tak, P.P., Verbeek, F.J., Vervoordeldonk, M.J., Vonk, F.J., Witte, F., Yuan, H. and Richardson, M.K. (2009). Zebrafish development and regeneration: new tools for biomedical research. Int J Dev Biol 53, 835-50.

Carvalho, L., Stühmer, J., Bois, J.S., Kalaidzidis, Y., Lecaudey, V. and Heisenberg, C.P. (2009). Control of convergent yolk syncytial layer nuclear movement in zebrafish. Development 136, 1305-15.

Coolen, M. and Bally-Cuif, L. (2009). MicroRNAs in brain development and physiology. Curr Opin Neurobiol 19, 461-70.

de Bruijn, E., Cuppen, E. and Feitsma, H. (2009). Highly efficient ENU mutagenesis in zebrafish. Methods Mol Biol 546, 3-12.

Dupont, S., Mamidi, A., Cordenonsi, M., Montagner, M., Zacchigna, L., Adorno, M., Martello, G., Stinchfield, M.J., Soligo, S., Morsut, L., Inui, M., Moro, S., Modena, N., Argenton, F., Newfeld, S.J. and Piccolo, S. (2009). FAM/USP9x, a deubiquitinating enzyme essential for TGFbeta signaling, controls Smad4 monoubiquitination. Cell 136, 123-35.

Dutton, K., Abbas, L., Spencer, J., Brannon, C., Mowbray, C., Nikaido, M., Kelsh, R.N. and Whitfield, T.T. (2009). A zebrafish model for Waardenburg syndrome type IV reveals diverse roles for Sox10 in the otic vesicle. Dis Mod Mech 2, 68-83.

Fauny, J.D., Thisse, B. and Thisse, C. (2009). The entire zebrafish blastula-gastrula margin acts as an organizer dependent on the ratio of Nodal to BMP activity. Development 136, 3811-9.

Filippi, A., Mahler, J., Schweitzer, J. and Driever W. (2009). Expression of the paralogous tyrosine hydroxylase encoding genes th1 and th2 reveals the full complement of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons in zebrafish larval and juvenile brain. J Comp Neurol 518, 423-38.

Hans, S., Kaslin, J., Freudenreich, D. and Brand, M. (2009). Temporally-controlled site-specific recombination in zebrafish. PLoS One 4, e4640.

Kaslin, J., Ganz, J., Geffarth, M., Grandel, H., Hans, S. and Brand, M. (2009). Stem cells in the adult zebrafish cerebellum: initiation and maintenance of a novel stem cell niche. J Neurosci 29, 6142-53.

Kastenhuber, E., Kratochwil, C.F., Ryu, S., Schweitzer, J. and Driever, W. (2009). Genetic dissection of dopaminergic and noradrenergic contributions to catecholaminergic tracts in early larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 518, 439-58.

Kastenhuber, E., Kern, U., Bonkowsky, J.L., Chien, C.B., Driever, W. and Schweitzer, J. (2009). Netrin-DCC, Robo-Slit, and heparan sulfate proteoglycans coordinate lateral positioning of longitudinal dopaminergic diencephalospinal axons. J Neurosci 29, 8914-26.

Kizil, C., Otto, G.W., Geisler, R., Nüsslein-Volhard, C. and Antos, C.L. (2009). Simplet controls cell proliferation and gene transcription during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration. Dev Biol 325, 329-40.

Komisarczuk, A.Z., Kawakami, K. and Becker, T.S. (2009). Cis-regulation and chromosomal rearrangement of the fgf8 locus after the teleost/tetrapod split. Dev Biol 336, 301-12.

Lam, C.S., März, M. and Strähle, U. (2009). gfap and nestin reporter lines reveal characteristics of neural progenitors in the adult zebrafish brain, Dev Dyn 238, 475-86.

Lillesaar, C., Stigloher, C., Tannhäuser, B., Wullimann, M.F. and Bally-Cuif, L. (2009). Axonal projections originating from raphe serotonergic neurons in the developing and adult zebrafish, Danio rerio, using transgenics to visualize raphe-specific pet1 expression. J Comp Neurol 512, 158-82.

Meng, S., Ryu, S., Zhao, B., Zhang, D.Q., Driever, W. and McMahon, D.G. (2009). Targeting retinal dopaminergic neurons in tyrosine hydroxylase-driven green fluorescent protein transgenic zebrafish. Mol Vis 14:2475-83.

Moro, E., Gnügge, L., Braghetta, P., Bortolussi, M. and Argenton, F. (2009). Analysis of beta cell proliferation dynamics in zebrafish. Dev Biol 332, 299-308.

Navratilova, P. and Becker, T.S. (2009). Genomic regulatory blocks in vertebrates and implications in human disease. Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic 8, 333-42.

Navratilova, P., Fredman, D., Hawkins, T.A., Turner, K., Lenhard, B., Becker, T.S. (2009). Systematic human/zebrafish comparative identification of cis-regulatory activity around vertebrate developmental transcription factor genes. Dev Biol. 327, 526-40.

Picker, A., Cavodeassi, F., Machate, A., Bernauer, S., Hans, S., Abe, G., Kawakami, K., Wilson, S.W. and Brand, M. (2009). Dynamic coupling of pattern formation and morphogenesis in the developing vertebrate retina. PLoS Biol 7(10):e1000214.

Picker, A., Roellig, D., Pourquié, O., Oates, A. and Brand, M. (2009). Tissue micromanipulation in the zebrafish embryo. Methods Mol Biol 546, 153-72.

Pogoda, H.M. and Hammerschmidt, M. (2009). How to make a teleost adenohypophysis: molecular pathways of pituitary development in zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol 312, 2-13.

Rhinn, M., Lun, K., Ahrendt, R., Geffarth, M. and Brand, M. (2009). Zebrafish gbx1 refines the midbrain-hindbrain boundary border and mediates the Wnt8 posteriorization signal. Neural Dev 4, 12.

Rohner, N., Bercsényi, M., Orbán, L., Kolanczyk, M.E., Linke, D., Brand, M., Nüsslein-Volhard, C. and Harris, M.P. (2009). Duplication of fgfr1 permits Fgf signaling to serve as a target for selection during domestication. Curr Biol 19, 1642-7.

Stockhammer, O.W., Zakrzewska, A., Hegedûs, Z., Spaink, H.P. and Meijer, A.H. (2009). Transcriptome profiling and functional analyses of the zebrafish embryonic innate immune response to Salmonella infection. J Immunol 182, 5641-53.

Tiso, N., Filippi, A., Benato, F., Negrisolo, E., Modena, N., Vaccari, E., Driever, W. and Argenton, F. (2009). Differential expression and regulation of olig genes in zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 515, 378-96.

Tiso, N., Moro, E. and Argenton, F. (2009). Zebrafish pancreas development. Mol Cell Endocrinol 312, 24-30.

Venkatachalam, A.B., Thisse, C., Thisse, B. and Wright, J.M. (2009). Differential tissue-specific distribution of transcripts for the duplicated fatty acid-binding protein 10 (fabp10) genes in embryos, larvae and adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). FEBS J 276, 6787-97.

Webb, K.J., Norton, W.H., Trümbach, D., Meijer, A.H., Ninkovic, J., Topp, S., Heck, D., Marr, C., Wurst, W., Theis, F.J., Spaink, H.P., Bally-Cuif, L. (2009). Zebrafish reward mutants reveal novel transcripts mediating the behavioral effects of amphetamine. Genome Biol 10, R81.

Yang, L., Ho, N.Y., Alshut, R., Legradi, J., Weiss, C., Reischl, M., Mikut, R., Liebel, U., Müller, F. and Strähle, U. (2009). Zebrafish embryos as models for embryotoxic and teratological effects of chemicals. Reprod Toxicol 28, 245-53.

2008

Alves-Costa, F., Denovan-Wright, E.M., Thisse, C., Thisse, B. and Wright, J.M. (2008). Spatio-temporal distribution of fatty acid-binding protein 6 (fabp6) gene transcripts in the developing and adult zebrafish (Danio rerio), FEBS J 275, 3325-34.

Blin, M., Norton, W., Bally-Cuif, L. and Vernier, P. (2008). NR4A2 controls the differentiation of selective dopaminergic nuclei in the zebrafish brain. Mol Cell Neurosci 39, 592-604.

Chang, L. Y., Mir, A. M., Thisse, C., Guérardel, Y., Delannoy, P., Thisse, B. and Harduin-Lepers, A. (2008). Molecular cloning and characterization of the expression pattern of the zebrafish alpha 2,8-sialyltransferases (ST8Sia) in the developing nervous system. Glycoconjugate J 26, 263-75.

Coolen, M. and Bally-Cuif, L. (2008). [A microRNA as a gatekeeper of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary]. Med Sci (Paris) 24, 787-9. French.

Etard, C., Roostalu, U. and Strähle, U. (2008). Shuttling of the chaperones Unc45b and Hsp90a between the A-band and the Z-line of the myofibril, J Cell Biol 180, 1163-75

Faucherre, A., Taylor, G.S., Overvoorde, J., Dixon, J.E., and den Hertog, J. (2008). Zebrafish pten genes have overlapping and non-redundant functions in tumorigenesis and embryonic development. Oncogene 27, 1079–86.

Feitsma, H., Akay, A. and Cuppen, E. (2008). Alkylation damage causes MMR-dependent chromosomal instability in vertebrate embryos. Nucleic Acids Res 36, 4047-56.

Feitsma, H. and Cuppen, E. (2008). Zebrafish as a cancer model. Molecular Cancer Res 6, 685-94.

Feitsma, H., de Bruijn, E., van de Belt, J., Nijman, I.J. and Cuppen, E. (2008). Mismatch repair deficiency does not enhance ENU mutagenesis in the zebrafish germ line. Mutagenesis 23, 325-9.

Feitsma, H., Kuiper, R.V., Korving, J., Nijman, I.J. and Cuppen, E. (2008). Zebrafish with mutations in mismatch repair genes develop neurofibromas and other tumors. Cancer Res 68, 5059-66.

Fleisch, V.C., Jametti, T., Neuhauss, S.C.F. (2008). Electroretinogram (ERG) measurements in larval zebrafish. CSH Protocols, pdb.prot4973.

Fleisch, V.C., Schonthaler, H.B., von Lintig, J. and Neuhauss, S.C. (2008). Subfunctionalization of a retinoid-binding protein provides evidence for two parallel visual cycles in the cone-dominant zebrafish retina. J Neurosci 28, 8208-16.

Hawkins, T.A., Haramis, P., Etard, C., Ashworth, R., Ray, S., Behra, M., Holder, N., Talbot, W.S., Strähle, U., and Wilson, S.W. (2008). The ATPase-dependent chaperoning activity of Hsp90a regulates thick filament formation and integration during skeletal muscle myofibrillogenesis. Development 135, 1147–56.

Hodel, C. and Neuhauss, S.C.F. (2008). Computer-based analysis of the optokinetic response in zebrafish larvae. CSH Protocols, pdb.prot4961.

Huang, Y.Y. and Neuhauss, S.C.F. (2008). The optokinetic response in zebrafish and its applications. Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 1899-916.

Karanth, S., Denovan-Wright, E.M., Thisse, C., Thisse, B. and Wright, J.M. (2008). The evolutionary relationship between the duplicated copies of the zebrafish fabp11 gene and the tetrapod FABP4, FABP5, FABP8 and FABP9 genes. FEBS J 275, 3031-40.

Kissa K., Murayama E., Zapata, A., Cortes, A., Perret, E., Machu, C., and Herbomel P. (2008). Live imaging of emerging hematopoietic stem cells and early thymus colonization. Blood 111, 1147-56.

Komisarczuk, A., Topp, S., Stigloher, C., Kapsimali, M., Bally-Cuif, L. and Becker, T.S. (2008). Enhancer detection and developmental expression of zebrafish sprouty1, a novel member of the fgf8 synepression group. Dev Dyn 237, 2594-
603.

Krens, S.F., Corredor-Adámez, M., He, S., Snaar-Jagalska, B.E. and Spaink, H.P. (2008). ERK1 and ERK2 MAPK are key regulators of distinct gene sets in zebrafish embryogenesis. BMC Genomics 9, 196.

Krens, S.F., He, S., Lamers, G.E., Meijer, A.H., Bakkers, J., Schmidt, T., Spaink, H.P. and Snaar-Jagalska, B.E. (2008). Distinct functions for ERK1 and ERK2 in cell migration processes during zebrafish gastrulation. Dev Biol 319, 370-83.

Laue, K., Jänicke, M., Plaster, N., Sonntag, C. and Hammerschmidt, M. (2008). Restriction of retinoic acid activity by Cyp26b1 is required for proper timing and patterning of osteogenesis during zebrafish development. Development 135, 3775-87.

Leal, M.C., Feitsma, H., Cuppen, E., Franca, L., and Schulz, R. (2008). Meiosis can be completed in male zebrafish (Danio rerio) lacking the DNA mismatch repair gene mlh1. Cell Tissue Res 175, 1561–69.

Leucht, C., Stigloher, C., Wizenmann, A., Klafke, R., Folchert, A., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2008). MicroRNA-9 directs late organizer activity of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary. Nature Neurosci 11, 287-92.

Marques, I. J., Leito, J. T., Spaink, H. P., Testerink, J., Jaspers, R. T., Witte, F.B.S. van den, and Bagowski, C. P. (2008). Transcriptome analysis of the response to chronic constant hypoxia in zebrafish hearts. J Comp Physiol 178, 77–92.

Meijer, A.H., van der Sar, A.M., Cunha, C., Lamers, G.E., Laplante, M.A., Kikuta, H., Bitter, W., Becker, T.S. and Spaink, H.P. (2008). Identification and real-time imaging of a myc-expressing neutrophil population involved in inflammation and mycobacterial granuloma formation in zebrafish. Dev Comp Immunol 32, 36-49.

Milanetto, M., Tiso, N., Braghetta, P., Volpin, D., Argenton, F., and Bonaldo, P. (2008). Emilin genes are duplicated and dynamically expressed during zebrafish embryonic development. Dev Dyn 237, 222-32.

Ninkovic, C. Stigloher, C., Lillesaar, C. and Bally-Cuif, L. (2008). Gsk3beta/PKA and Gli1 regulate the maintenance of neural progenitors at the midbrain-hindbrain boundary in concert with E(Spl) factor activity. Development 135, 3137-48.

Pézeron, G., Lambert, G., Dickmeis, T., Strähle, U., Rosa, F.M. and Mourrain, P. (2008). Rasl11b knock down in zebrafish suppresses one-eyed-pinhead mutant phenotype. PloS One 3, e1434.

Pézeron, G., Mourrain, P., Courty, S., Ghislain, J., Becker, T.S., Rosa, F.M. and David, N.B. (2008). Live analysis of endodermal layer formation identifies random walk as a novel gastrulation movement. Curr Biol 18, 276–81.

Rastegar, S., Hess, I., Dickmeis, T., Nicod, J., Ertzer, R., Hadzhiev, Y., Thies, W.G., Scherer, G. and Strähle, U. (2008). The words of the regulatory code are arranged in a variable manner in highly conserved notochord enhancers. Dev Biol 318, 366-77

Schaaf, M.J.M., Champagne, D., van Laanen, Ivo H.C., van Wijk1, D.C.W.A., Meijer, A.H., Meijer, O.C., Spaink, H.P., and Richardson, M.K. (2008). Discovery of a functional glucocorticoid receptor isoform in zebrafish. Endocrinology 149, 1591-1599.

Schenck, A., Goto-Silva, L., Collinet, C., Rhinn, M., Giner, A., Habermann, B., Brand, M. and Zerial, M. (2008). The endosomal protein Appl1 mediates Akt substrate specificity and cell survival in vertebrate development. Cell 133, 486-97.

Schonthaler, H., Fleisch, V., Biehlmaier, O., Makhankov, Y.M., Rinner, O., Bahadori, R., Schwarz, H., Neuhauss, S.C.F., and Dahm, R. (2008). The zebrafish mutant lbk/vam6 resembles human multi-systemic disorders caused by aberrant trafficking of endosomal vesicles. Development 135, 387-99.

Stigloher, C., Chapouton, P., Adolf, B., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2008). Identification of neural progenitor pools by E(Spl) factors in the embryonic and adult brain. Brain Research Bulletin 75, 266-73.

Strähle, U. and Rastegar, S. (2008). Conserved non-coding sequences and transcriptional regulation. Brain Research Bulletin 75, 225–30.

Thisse, C. and Thisse, B. (2008). High-resolution in situ hybridization to whole-mount zebrafish embryos. Nat Protoc 3, 59-69.

Topp, S., Stigloher, C., Komisarczuk, A.Z., Adolf, B., Becker, T.S. and Bally-Cuif; L. (2008). Fgf signaling pathways in the zebrafish adult brain: association of Fgf activity with ventricular zones but not with cell proliferation. J Comp Neurol 510, 422-439.

Vinothkumar, S., Rastegar, S., Takamiya, M., Ertzer, R. and Strähle, U. (2008). Sequential and cooperative action of Fgfs and Shh in the zebrafish retina. Dev Biol 314, 200-14 .

2007

Besser, J., Bagowski, C.P., Salas-Vidal, E., van Hemert, M.J., Bussmann, J., and Spaink, H.P. (2007). Expression analysis of the family of 14-3-3 proteins in zebrafish development. Gene Expression Patterns 7, 511-20.

Brockschmidt, A., Todt, U., Ryu, S., Hoischen, A., Landwehr, C., Birnbaum, S., Frenck, W., Radlwimmer, B., Lichter, P., Engels, H., Driever, W., Kubisch, C., and Weber, R.G. (2007). Severe mental retardation with breathing abnormalities (Pitt–Hopkins syndrome) is caused by haploinsufficiency of the neuronal bHLH transcription factor TCF4. Human Molecular Genetics 16, 1488–94.

Carney, T.J., von der Hardt, S., Sonntag, C., Amsterdam, A., Topczewski, J., Hopkins, N., and Hammerschmidt, M. (2007). Inactivation of serine protease Matriptase1a by its inhibitor Hai1 is required for epithelial integrity of the zebrafish epidermis. Development 134, 3461-71.

Deniziak, M., Thisse, C., Rederstorff, M., Hindelang, C., Thisse, B., and Lescure, A. (2007). Loss of selenoprotein N function causes disruption of muscle architecture in the zebrafish embryo. Experimental Cell Research 313, 156-67.

Ertzer, R., Müller, F., Hadzhiev, Y., Rathnam, S., Fischer, N., Rastegar, S., and Strähle, U. (2007). Cooperation of sonic hedgehog enhancers in midline expression. Developmental Biology 301, 578-89.

Etard, C., Behra, M., Fischer, N., Hutcheson, D., Geisler, R., und Strähle, U. (2007). The UCS factor Steif/Unc-45b interacts with the heat shock protein Hsp90a during myofibrillogenesis. Developmental Biology 308, 133-43.

Feitsma, H., Leal, M.C., Moens, P.B., Cuppen, E. and Schulz, R.W. (2007) Mlh1 deficiency in zebrafish results in male sterility and aneuploid as well as triploid progeny in females. Genetics Apr,175(4):1561-9.

Filippi, A., Dürr, K., Ryu, S., Willaredt, M., Holzschuh, J., and Wolfgang Driever. (2007). Analysis of nr4a2, lmx1b, and pitx3 expression and function in zebrafish catecholaminergic system development reveals potential conserved mechanisms contributing to specification of dopaminergic neurons. BMC Developmental Biology 7, 135.

Jänicke, M., Carney, T.J., and Hammerschmidt, M. (2007). Foxi3 transcription factors and Notch signaling control the formation of skin ionocytes from epidermal precursors of the zebrafish embryo. Developmental Biology 307, 258–71.

Kapsimali, M., Kloosterman, W.P., de Bruijn, E., Rosa, F., Wilson, S.W., and Plasterk, R.H. (2007). MicroRNAs show a wide diversity of expression profiles in the developing and mature CNS. Genome Biology 8, R173.

Kikuta, H., Fredman, D., Rinkwitz, S., Lenhard, B., and Becker, T.S. (2007). Retroviral enhancer detection insertions in zebrafish combined with comparative genomics reveal genomic regulatory blocks - a fundamental feature of vertebrate genomes. Genome Biology 8, S4.

Kikuta, H., Laplante, M,, Navratilova, P., Komisarczuk, A.Z., Engström, P.G., Fredman, D., Akalin, A., Caccamo, M., Sealy, I., Howe, K., Ghislain, J., Pezeron, G., Mourrain, P., Ellingsen, S., Oates, A.C., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Foucher, I., Adolf, B., Geling, A., Lenhard, B., and Becker, T.S. (2007). Genomic Regulatory Blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates. Genome Research 17, 545-55.

Kissa, K. , Murayama, E. , Herbomel, P. (2007). Le danio zébré révèle l'odyssée des précurseurs hématopoïétiques au cours du développement des embryons de vertébrés. Naunyn-Schmidebergs Archives of Pharmacology Médecine/Science 23, 698-700.

Lillesaar, C., Tannhäuser, B., Stigloher, C., Kremmer, E., and L. Bally-Cuif. (2007). The serotonergic phenotype is acquired by converging genetic mechanisms within the zebrafish central nervous system. Developmental Dynamics 236, 1072-84.

Manzoni, M., Colombi, P., Papini, N., Rubaga, L., Tiso, N., Preti, A., Venerando, B., Tettamanti, G., Bresciani, R., Argenton, F., Borsani, G., Monti, E. (2007). Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of sialidases from zebrafish (Danio rerio). Biochemical Journal 408, 395–406.

Moro, E., Maran, C., Slongo, M.L., Argenton, F., Toppo, S., and Onisto, M. (2007). Zebrafish spata2 is expressed at early developmental stages. The International Journal of Developmental Biology 51, 241-46.

Pauls, S., Zecchin, E., Tiso, N., Bortolussi, M., and Argenton, F. (2007). Function and regulation of zebrafish nkx2.2a during development of pancreatic islet and ducts. Developmental Biology 304, 875-90.

Pézeron,G., Lambert, G., Dickmeis, T., Strähle, U., Rosa, F. M., and Mourrain, P. (2008). Rasl11b knock down in zebrafish suppresses one-eyed-pinhead mutant phenotype. PloS One 3, e1434.

Ryu, S., Mahler, J., Acampora, D., Holzschuh, J., Erhardt, S., Omodei, D., Simeone, A. and Driever, W. (2007) Orthopedia homeodomain protein is essential for diencephalic dopaminergic neuron development. Current Biology 17, 873-80.

Trede, N., Meijer, A.H., Snaar-Jagalska, B.E., and Spaink, H.P. (2007). Model systems for infectious disease and cancer in zebrafish: A report on an EMBO workshop held at the Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 16–18, 2007. Zebrafish 4, 287-92.

Valentin, G., Haas, P., and Gilmour, D. (2007). The chemokine SDF1a coordinates tissue migration through the spatially restricted activation of Cxcr7 and Cxcr4b. Current Biology 17, 1026-31.

Voelker, D., Vess, C., Tillmann, M., Nagel, R., Otto, G.W., Geisler, R., Schirmer, K., and Scholz, S. (2007). Differential gene expression as a toxicant-sensitive endpoint in zebrafish embryos and larvae. Aquatic Toxicology 81, 355–64.

Yokogawa, T., Marin, W., Faraco, J., Pézeron,G., Appelbaum, L., Zhang, J., Rosa, F., Mourrain, P., and Mignot, E. (2007). Characterization of sleep in zebrafish and insomnia in hypocretin receptor mutants. Plos Biology 5: 2379-97.

Zecchin, E., Filippi, A., Biemar, F., Tiso, N., Pauls, S., Ellertsdottir, E., Gnugge, L., Bortolussi, M., Driever, W., and Argenton, F. (2007). Distinct delta and jagged genes control sequential segregation of pancreatic cell types from precursor pools in zebrafish. Developmental Biology 301, 192-204.

2006

Adolf, B., Chapouton, P., Lam, C.S., Topp, S., Tannhäuser, B., Strähle, U., Götz, M., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2006). Conserved and acquired features of adult neurogenesis in the zebrafish telencephalon. Developmental Biology 295, 278-93.

Bally-Cuif, L. (2006). Teleosts: Simple organisms? Complex behavior. Zebrafish 3, 127-30.

Besser, J., Bagowski, C.P., Salas-Vidal, E., van Hemert, M.J., Bussmann, J., and Spaink, H.P. (2006). Expression analysis of the family of 14-3-3 proteins in zebrafish development. Gene Expression Pattern 7, 511–20.

Chapouton, P., Adolf, B., Leucht, C., Ryu, S., Driever, W., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2006). her5 expression defines a new pool of stem cells in the adult zebrafish midbrain. Development 133, 4293-303.

Cheng, C.W., Yan, C.H., Hui, C.C., Strähle U., and Cheng S.H. (2006). The homeobox gene irx1a is required for the propagation of the neurogenic waves in the zebrafish retina . Mechanisms of Development 123, 252-63.

Dahm, R., and Geisler, R. (2006). Learning from small fry: The zebrafish as a genetic model organism for aquaculture fish species. Marine Biotechnology 8, 329–45.

Fleisch, V., and Neuhauss, S.C. (2006). Visual behavior in zebrafish. Zebrafish 3, 191-201.

Gómez-Skarmeta, J.L., Lenhard, B., and Becker, T.S. (2005) New technologies, new findings and new concepts in the study of vertebrate cis-regulatory sequences. Developmental Dynamics 235, 870-85.

He, S., Salas-Vidal, E., Rueb, S., Krens, S.F., Meijer, A.H., Snaar-Jagalska, B.E., and Spaink, H.P. (2006). Genetic and transcriptome characterization of model zebrafish cell lines. Zebrafish 3, 441-53.

Kabli, S., Alia, A., Spaink, H.P., Verbeek, F.J., and de Groot, H.J. (2006). Magnetic resonance microscopy of the adult zebrafish. Zebrafish 3, 431-39.

Krens, S.F., He, S., Spaink, H.P., and Snaar-Jagalska, B.E. (2006). Characterization and expression patterns of the MAPK family in zebrafish. Gene Expression Patterns 6, 1019-26.

Laplante, M., Konig, M., Kikuta, H., and Becker, T.S. (2006). Enhancer detection in the zebrafish using pseudotyped murine retroviruses. Methods 39, 189-98.

Lam, C.S., Rastegar, S., and Strähle, U. (2006). Distribution of cannabinoid receptor 1 in the CNS of zebrafish. Neuroscience 138, 83-95.

Link, V., Carvalho, I., Stockinger, P., Shevchenko, A., and Heisenberg, C.-P. (2006). Identification of regulators of germ layer morphogenesis using proteomics in zebrafish. Journal of Cell Science 119, 2073-83.

Murayama, E., Kissa, K., Zapata, A., Mordelet, E., Briolat, V., Lin, H.F., Handin, R.I., and Herbomel, P. (2006). Tracing hematopoietic precursor migration to successive hematopoietic organs during zebrafish development. Immunity 25, 859-62.

Ninkovic, J., Folchert, A., Makhankov, Y.V., Neuhauss, S.C., Sillaber, I., Strähle, U., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2006). Genetic identification of AChE as a positive modulator of addiction to the psychostimulant D-amphetamine in zebrafish. Journal of Neurobiology 66, 463-75.

Pézeron, G., Anselme, I., Laplante, M., Ellingsen, S., Becker, T.S., Charnay, P., Schneider-Manoury, S., Mourrain, P., and Ghislain, J. (2006). Duplicate sfrp1 genes in zebrafish: sfrp1a is dynamically expressed in the developing central nervous system, gut and lateral line. Gene Expression Patterns 6, 835-42.

Ryu, S. and Driever, W. (2006). Minichromosome maintenance proteins as markers for proliferation zones during embryogenesis. Cell Cycle 5, 1140-2.

Rhinn, M., Picker, A., and Brand, M. (2006). Global and local mechanisms of forebrain and midbrain patterning. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16, 5-12.

Stigloher, S., Ninkovic, J., Laplante, M., Geling, A., Tannhäuser, B., Topp, S., Kikuta, H., Becker, T.S., Houart, C., and Bally-Cuif, L (2006). Segregation of telencephalic and eye field identities inside the zebrafish forebrain territory is controlled by Rx3. Development 133, 2925-35.

van der Sar, A.M., Stockhammer, O.W., van der Laan, C., Spaink, H.P., Bitter, W., and Meijer, A.H. (2006). MyD88 innate immune function in a zebrafish embryo infection model. Infection and Immunity 74, 2436-41.

Welten, M.C., de Haan, S.B., van den Boogert, N., Noordermeer, J.N., Lamers, G.E., Spaink, H.P., Meijer, A.H., and Verbeek, F.J. (2006). zebraFISH: Fluorescent in situ hybridization protocol and 3D imaging of gene expression patterns. Zebrafish 3, 465-76.

Zecchin, E., Filippi, A., Biemar, F., Tiso, N., Pauls, S., Ellertsdottir, E., Gnugge, L., Bortolussi, M., Driever, W., and Argenton, F. (2006). Distinct delta and jagged genes control sequential segregation of pancreatic cell types from precursor pools in zebrafish. Developmental Biology 301, 192-204.

2005

Amsterdam, A., and Becker, T.S. (2005). Transgenes as screening tools to probe and manipulate the zebrafish genome. Developmental Dynamics 234, 255-68.

Corredor-Adámez, M., Welten, M.C., Spaink, H.P., Jeffery, J.E., Schoon, R.T., de Bakker, M.A.G., Bagowski, C.P., Meijer, A.H., Verbeek, F.J., and Richardson, M.K. (2005). Genomic annotation and transcriptome analysis of the Danio rerio hox complex with description of a novel member, hoxb13a. Evolution and Development 7, 362-75.

Ellingsen, S., Laplante, M., Konig, M., Furmanek, T., Kikuta, H., Høivik, E., and Becker, T.S. (2005). Large-scale enhancer detection in the zebrafish genome. Development 132, 3799-811.

Etard, C., Behra, M., Ertzer, R., Fischer, N., Jesuthasan, S., Blader, P., Geisler, R., and Strähle, U. (2005). Mutation in the delta-subunit of the nAChR suppresses the muscle defects caused by lack of Dystrophin. Developmental Dynamics 234, 1016-25.

Filippi, A., Tiso, N., Deflorian, G., Zecchin, E., Bortolussi, M., and Argenton, F. (2005). The basic helix-loop-helix olig3 establishes the neural plate boundary of the trunk and is necessary for development of the dorsal spinal cord. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. 102, 4377-82.

Knaut, H., Blader, P., Strähle, U., and Schier, A.F. (2005). Assembly of trigeminal sensory ganglia by chemokine signaling. Neuron 47, 653-66.

Langenberg, T., and Brand, M. (2005). Lineage restriction maintains a stable organizer cell population at the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary. Development 132, 3209-16.

Meijer, A.H., Verbeek, F.J., Salas-Vidal, E., Corredor-Adamez, M., Bussman, J., van der Sar, A.M., Otto, G.W., Geisler, R., and Spaink, H.P. (2005). Transcriptome profiling of adult zebrafish at the late stage of chronic tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium marinum infection.Molecular Immunology 42, 1185–203.

Picker, A., and Brand, M. (2005). Fgf signals from a novel signaling center determine axial patterning of the prospective neural retina. Development 132, 4951-62.

Plessy, C., Dickmeis, T., Chalmel, F., and Strähle, U. (2005). Enhancer sequence conservation between vertebrates is favoured in developmental regulator genes. Trends in Genetics 21, 207-10.

Ryu, S., Holzschuh, J., Erhardt, S., Ettl, A.-K., and Driever, W. (2005). Depletion of minichromosome maintenance protein 5 in the zebrafish retina causes cell cycle defect and apoptosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A. 102, 18467-72.

Salas-Vidal, E., Meijer, A.H., Cheng, X., and Spaink, H.P. (2005). Genomic annotation and expression analysis of the zebrafish Rho small GTPase family during development and bacterial infection. Genomics 86, 25-37.

Schonthaler, H.B., Lampert, J.M., von Lintig, J., Schwarz, H., Geisler, R., and Neuhauss, S.C. (2005). Amutation in the pmel17 gene leads to defects in melanosome biogenesis and alterations the visual system in the zebrafish mutant fading vision. Developmental Biology 284, 231-42.

Lam, C.S., Korzh, V., and Strähle, U. (2005). Zebrafish embryos are susceptible to the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP. European Journal of Neuroscience 21, 1758-62.

Loeb-Hennard, C., Kremmer, E., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2005). Prominent transcription of zebrafish N-myc (nmyc1) in tectal and retinal growth zones during embryonic and early larval development. Gene Expression Patterns 5 (2005) 341–347.

Ninkovic, J., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2005). The zebrafish as a model for assessing the reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse. Methods 39, 262-74.

van der Meer, D.L., van den Thillart, G.E., Witte, F., de Bakker, M.A., Besser, J., Richardson, M.K., Spaink, H.P., Leito, J.T, and Bagowski, C.P. (2005). Gene expression profiling of the long-term adaptive response to hypoxia in the gills of adult zebrafish. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 289, R1512-9.

Zecchin, E., Conigliaro, A., Tiso, N., Argenton, F., and Bortolussi, M. (2005). Expression analysis of jagged genes in zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamics 233, 638-45.

2004

Adolf, B., Bellipanni, G., Huber, V., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2004). atoh1.2 and beta3.1 are two new bHLH-encoding genes expressed in selective precursor cells of the zebrafish anterior hindbrain. Gene Expression Patterns 5, 35-41.

Blader, P., Lam, C.S., Rastegar, S., Scardigli, R., Nicod J-C., Simplicio, N., Plessy, C., Fischer, N., Schuurmans, C., Guillemot, F., and Strähle, U. (2004). Conserved and acquired features of neurogenin1 regulation. Development 131, 5627-37.