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AuthorsCitationAbstractTitleDelivery MethodOrganism
Her GM, Chiang CC, Chen WY, Wu JLFEBS Lett 2003 Mar 13;538(1-3):125-33Mammalian liver fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) is a small cytosolic protein in various tissu...In vivo studies of liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) gene expression in liver of tra...Microinjectionzebrafish
Teraoka H, Dong W, Tsujimoto Y, Iwasa H, Endoh D, Ueno N, Stegeman JJ, Peterson RE, Hiraga TBiochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 May 2;304(2):223-8The mechanism of toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is thought to result from...Induction of cytochrome P450 1A is required for circulation failure and edema by 2,3,7,8-tetrachl...Microinjectionzebrafish
Voronina E, Marzluff WF, Wessel GMDev Biol 2003 Apr 15;256(2):258-75Sea urchins are members of a limited group of animals in which meiotic maturation of oocytes is c...Cyclin B synthesis is required for sea urchin oocyte maturation.MicroinjectionSea urchins
Barreto G, Borgmeyer U, Dreyer CMech Dev 2003 Apr;120(4):415-28The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF, NR6A1) is a nuclear orphan receptor that functions as a trans...The germ cell nuclear factor is required for retinoic acid signaling during Xenopus development.MicroinjectionXenopus
Chen F, Kook H, Milewski R, Gitler AD, Lu MM, Li J, Nazarian R, Schnepp R, Jen K, Biben C, Runke ...Cell 2002 Sep 20;110(6):713-23Hop is a small, divergent homeodomain protein that lacks certain conserved residues required for ...Hop is an unusual homeobox gene that modulates cardiac development.Microinjectionzebrafish
Barreto G, Reintsch W, Kaufmann C, Dreyer C.Dev Biol 2003 May 15;257(2):329-42The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF, NR6A1) is a nuclear orphan receptor first described in the mo...The function of Xenopus germ cell nuclear factor (xGCNF) in morphogenetic movements during neurul...MicroinjectionXenopus
Zhang J, Bai S, Tanase C, Nagase H, Sarras MP Jr.Dev Genes Evol 2003 May 8; [epub ahead of print]MMP activities are controlled by a combination of proteolytic pro-enzyme activation steps and inh...The expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP-2) is required for normal develop...Microinjectionzebrafish
Houston DW, Wylie C.Development 2003 Jun;130(12):2695-704One of the earliest lineage restriction events in embryogenesis is the specification of the prima...The Xenopus LIM-homeodomain protein Xlim5 regulates the differential adhesion properties of early...MicroinjectionXenopus
Liu G, Liu C, Zhang S, He J, Liu N, Gupta S, Rusckowski M, Hnatowich DJ.Nucl Med Commun 2003 Jun;24(6):697-705SUMMARYThis laboratory is exploring the use of morpholinos (MORFs), synthetic DNA analogues, for ...Investigations of 99mTc morpholino pretargeting in mice.In vivo: injectionSwiss NIH nude mice
Boguslavsky D, Ierusalimsky V, Malyshev A, Balaban P, Belyavsky A.Neuroscience 2003 Jun 18;119(1):15-18In the present study, the applicability of antisense morpholino oligos for loss-of-function exper...Selective blockade of gene expression in a single identified snail neuron.MicroinjectionHelix lucorum (snail)
Xiao T, Shoji W, Zhou W, Su F, Kuwada JY.J Neurosci 2003 May 15;23(10):4190-8Class 4 semaphorins are a large class of transmembrane proteins that contain a sema domain and th...Transmembrane Sema4E Guides Branchiomotor Axons to Their Targets in Zebrafish.Microinjectionzebrafish
Xanthos JB, Kofron M, Tao Q, Schaible K, Wylie C, Heasman J.Development 2002 Sep;129(17):4027-43Since the three main pathways (the Wnt, VegT and BMP pathways) involved in organizer and axis for...The roles of three signaling pathways in the formation and function of the Spemann Organizer.MicroinjectionXenopus
LeSueur JA, Fortuno ES 3rd, McKay RM, Graff JM.Dev Cell 2002 Jun;2(6):771-83Before the nervous system establishes its complex array of cell types and connections, multipoten...Smad10 is required for formation of the frog nervous system.MicroinjectionXenopus
Zhu Y, Rice CD, Pang Y, Pace M, Thomas P Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Mar 4;100(5):2231-6The structures of membrane receptors mediating rapid, nongenomic actions of steroids have not bee...Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an ...Microinjectionzebrafish
Ettensohn CA, Illies MR, Oliveri P, De Jong DL.Development 2003 Jul;130(13):2917-28In the sea urchin embryo, the large micromeres and their progeny function as a critical signaling...Alx1, a member of the Cart1/Alx3/Alx4 subfamily of Paired-class homeodomain proteins, is an essen...MicroinjectionSea urchins
Jiang K, Pereira E, Maxfield M, Russell B, Goudelock DM, Sanchez Y.J Biol Chem. 2003 Jul 4;278(27):25207-17. Epub 2003 Apr 03.Checkpoints are biochemical pathways that provide the cell with mechanisms to detect DNA damage a...Regulation of Chk1 includes chromatin association and 14-3-3 binding following phosphorylation on...Special Deliverycell culture: HeLa cells
Joukov V, Chen J, Fox EA, Green JB, Livingston DM.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Oct 9;98(21):12078-83The breast and ovarian susceptibility protein 1 (BRCA1) heterodimerizes with its structural relat...Functional communication between endogenous BRCA1 and its partner, BARD1, during Xenopus laevis d...MicroinjectionXenopus
Blanc V, Navaratnam N, Henderson JO, Anant S, Kennedy S, Jarmuz A, Scott J, Davidson NO.J Biol Chem 2001 Mar 30;276(13):10272-83C to U editing of apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA involves the interaction of a multicomponent editi...Identification of GRY-RBP as an apolipoprotein B RNA-binding protein that interacts with both apo...Special Deliverycell culture: McArdle rat hepatoma
Spagnoli A, Torello M, Nagalla SR, Horton WA, Pattee P, Hwa V, Chiarelli F, Roberts CT Jr, Rosenf...J Biol Chem 2002 May 24;277(21):18860-7The chondrogenesis process requires the ordered proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes...Identification of STAT-1 as a molecular target of IGFBP-3 in the process of chondrogenesis.Special Deliverycell culture: RCJ3.1C5.18 cells
Maton G, Thibier C, Castro A, Lorca T, Prigent C, Jessus C.J Biol Chem. 2003 Jun 13;278(24):21439-49. Epub 2003 Apr 01.Xenopus oocytes are arrested in meiotic prophase I and resume meiotic divisions in response to pr...Cdc2-Cyclin B triggers H3 kinase activation of aurora-A in xenopus oocytes.MicroinjectionXenopus
Lemjabbar H, Li D, Gallup M, Sidhu S, Drori E, Basbaum C.J Biol Chem 2003 Apr 23; [epub ahead of print]Cells dividing at the time of carcinogen exposure are at particular risk for neoplasia. Tobacco s...Tobacco smoke-induced lung cell proliferation mediated by tumor necrosis factor alpha converting ...Special Deliverycell culture: NCIH292 cells
Moulton HM, Moulton JDCurr Opin Mol Ther. 2003 Apr;5(2):123-32Cationic transport peptides conjugated to steric blocking antisense oligomers (oligos) increase o...Peptide-assisted delivery of steric-blocking antisense oligomersnot applicablenot applicable
Moulton HM, Hase MC, Smith KM, Iversen PLAntisense Nucleic Acid Drug Dev. 2003 Feb;13(1):31-43.Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMO) are uncharged antisense molecules that bind complem...HIV Tat peptide enhances cellular delivery of antisense morpholino oligomerspeptide-coupledcell culture: various Hela
Kwon HJ, Chung HMBiochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Jul 11;306(4):1008-13Polycomb group (PcG) genes are required for the stable repression of the homeotic genes and other...Yin Yang 1, a vertebrate Polycomb group gene, regulates antero-posterior neural patterningMicroinjectionXenopus
Ng JK, Kawakami Y, Buscher D, Raya A, Itoh T, Koth CM, Rodriguez Esteban C, Rodriguez-Leon J, Gar...Development. 2002 Nov;129(22):5161-70A major gap in our knowledge of development is how the growth and identity of tissues and organs ...The limb identity gene Tbx5 promotes limb initiation by interacting with Wnt2b and Fgf10Microinjectionzebrafish
Carruthers S, Mason J, Papalopulu NMech Dev. 2003 May;120(5):607-16The Xenopus p27(Xic1) gene encodes a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor of the Cip/Kip famil...Depletion of the cell-cycle inhibitor p27(Xic1) impairs neuronal differentiation and increases th...MicroinjectionXenopus tropicalis
Bink RJ, Habuchi H, Lele Z, Dolk E, Joore J, Rauch GJ, Geisler R, Wilson SW, Den Hertog J, Kimata...J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 15;278(33):31118-27. Epub 2003 Jun 01.Heparan sulfate proteoglycans function in development and disease. They consist of a core protein...Heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase is essential for muscle development in ZebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
Bellmeyer A, Krase J, Lindgren J, LaBonne CDev Cell. 2003 Jun;4(6):827-39The neural crest, a population of multipotent progenitor cells, is a defining feature of vertebra...The Protooncogene c-Myc Is an Essential Regulator of Neural Crest Formation in XenopusMicroinjectionXenopus
Dutton KA, Pauliny A, Lopes SS, Elworthy S, Carney TJ, Rauch J, Geisler R, Haffter P, Kelsh RNDevelopment. 2001 Nov;128(21):4113-25Waardenburg-Shah syndrome combines the reduced enteric nervous system characteristic of Hirschspr...Zebrafish colourless encodes sox10 and specifies non-ectomesenchymal neural crest fatesMicroinjectionzebrafish
Sidi S, Friedrich RW, Nicolson TScience. 2003 Jul 4;301(5629):96-9. Epub 2003 Jun 12.The senses of hearing and balance in vertebrates rely upon the sensory hair cells (HCs) of the in...NompC TRP Channel Required for Vertebrate Sensory Hair Cell MechanotransductionMicroinjectionzebrafish
Stenkamp DL, Frey RADev Biol. 2003 Jun 15;258(2):349-63Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is required for eye development in vertebrates; known roles in the zebraf...Extraretinal and retinal hedgehog signaling sequentially regulate retinal differentiation in zebr...Microinjectionzebrafish
O'Hara MF, Nibbio BJ, Craig RC, Nemeth KR, Charlap JH, Knudsen TBReprod Toxicol. 2003 Jul-Aug;17(4):365-75The peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (Bzrp) has been implicated in the control of several proce...Mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptors regulate oxygen homeostasis in the early mouse embryoMouse embryo
Zhang S, Ren J, Khan MF, Cheng AM, Abendschein D, Muslin AJArterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Jul 3 [Epub ahead of print]OBJECTIVE: Neointima formation occurs in arteries in response to mechanical or chemical injury an...Grb2 Is Required for the Development of Neointima in Response to Vascular InjuryScrape Deliverycell culture: rat aortic smooth muscle cells
Zhang J, Bai S, Zhang X, Nagase H, Sarras MP Jr.Matrix Biol. 2003 May;22(3):279-93Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play important roles in the turnover of components of extracellu...The expression of novel membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase isoforms is required for normal de...Microinjectionzebrafish
Lee SA, Shen EL, Fiser A, Sali A, Guo SDevelopment. 2003 Jun;130(12):2669-79Vertebrate epibranchial placodes give rise to visceral sensory neurons that transmit vital inform...The zebrafish forkhead transcription factor Foxi1 specifies epibranchial placode-derived sensory ...Microinjectionzebrafish
Pandur P, Lasche M, Eisenberg LM, Kuhl MNature. 2002 Aug 8;418(6898):636-41Formation of the vertebrate heart requires a complex interplay of several temporally regulated si...Wnt-11 activation of a non-canonical Wnt signalling pathway is required for cardiogenesisMicroinjectionXenopus
Latinkic BV, Mercurio S, Bennett B, Hirst EM, Xu Q, Lau LF, Mohun TJ, Smith JCDevelopment. 2003 Jun;130(11):2429-41Cyr61 is a secreted, heparin-binding, extracellular matrix-associated protein whose activities in...Xenopus Cyr61 regulates gastrulation movements and modulates Wnt signallingMicroinjectionXenopus laevis
Lele Z, Folchert A, Concha M, Rauch GJ, Geisler R, Rosa F, Wilson SW, Hammerschmidt M, Bally-Cuif...Development. 2002 Jul;129(14):3281-94N-cadherin (Ncad) is a classical cadherin that is implicated in several aspects of vertebrate emb...parachute/n-cadherin is required for morphogenesis and maintained integrity of the zebrafish neur...Microinjectionzebrafish
Xu X, Meiler SE, Zhong TP, Mohideen M, Crossley DA, Burggren WW, Fishman MCNat Genet. 2002 Feb;30(2):205-9The zebrafish embryo is transparent and can tolerate absence of blood flow because its oxygen is ...Cardiomyopathy in zebrafish due to mutation in an alternatively spliced exon of titinMicroinjectionzebrafish
Becker CG, Schweitzer J, Feldner J, Becker T, Schachner MJ Neurosci. 2003 Jul 16;23(15):6232-7To investigate the role of tenascin-R in nervous system development, we studied axon pathfinding ...Tenascin-R as a repellent guidance molecule for developing optic axons in zebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
Wolff C, Roy S, Ingham PWCurr Biol. 2003 Jul 15;13(14):1169-81BACKGROUND: In the zebrafish embryo, the differentiation of distinct muscle fiber types has been ...Multiple muscle cell identities induced by distinct levels and timing of hedgehog activity in the...Microinjectionzebrafish
Iversen PL, Arora V, Acker AJ, Mason DH, Devi GRClin Cancer Res. 2003 Jul;9(7):2510-9PURPOSE: The overexpression of c-myc associated with uncontrolled cell proliferation is a frequen...Efficacy of antisense morpholino oligomer targeted to c-myc in prostate cancer xenograft murine m...Special DeliveryCell Culture: PC-3 human androgen-independent prostate carcinoma
Gebski BL, Mann CJ, Fletcher S, Wilton SDHum Mol Genet. 2003 Aug 1;12(15):1801-11The mdx mouse model of muscular dystrophy arose due to a nonsense mutation in exon 23 of the dyst...Morpholino antisense oligonucleotide induced dystrophin exon 23 skipping in mdx mouse muscle.In vivo: injection and cell culturecell culture: mouse MDX muscle cells
Carreira-Barbosa F, Concha ML, Takeuchi M, Ueno N, Wilson SW, Tada MDevelopment. 2003 Sep 1;130(17):4037-404During vertebrate gastrulation, mesodermal and ectodermal cells undergo convergent extension, a p...Prickle 1 regulates cell movements during gastrulation and neuronal migration in zebrafish.Microinjectionzebrafish
Mayer AN, Fishman MCDevelopment. 2003 Sep 1;130(17):3917-3928Digestive organ development occurs through a sequence of morphologically distinct stages, from ov...nil per os encodes a conserved RNA recognition motif protein required for morphogenesis and cytod...Microinjectionzebrafish
Ly H, Nierlich DP, Olsen JC, Kaplan AHJ Virol. 2000 Nov;74(21):9937-45Several determinants that appear to promote the dimerization of murine retroviral genomic RNA hav...Functional characterization of the dimer linkage structure RNA of Moloney murine sarcoma virusScrape DeliveryMolony murine sarcoma virus
Im HJ, Smirnov D, Yuhi T, Raghavan S, Olsson JE, Muscat GE, Koopman P, Loh HMol Pharmacol. 2001 Jun;59(6):1486-96Previously, we reported the presence of dual promoters, referred to as distal (DP) and proximal, ...Transcriptional modulation of mouse mu-opioid receptor distal promoter activity by Sox18lipid-basedcell culture: neuronal NMB and non-neuronal HeLa cells
Schenk PW, Boersma AW, Brandsma JA, den Dulk H, Burger H, Stoter G, Brouwer J, Nooter K.Cancer Res. 2001 Oct 1;61(19):6982-6The therapeutic potential of cisplatin, one of the most active and widely used anticancer drugs, ...SKY1 is involved in cisplatin-induced cell kill in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and inactivation of ...Special Deliverycell culture: human ovarian carcinoma A2780 cell line
Inada K, Horie T, Kusakabe T, Tsuda M.Neurosci Lett. 2003 Aug 28;347(3):167-70The sequencing of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis genome was completed at the end of 2002. Effect...Targeted knockdown of an opsin gene inhibits the swimming behaviour photoresponse of ascidian lar...MicroinjectionCiona intestinalis
David NB, Sapede D, Saint-Etienne L, Thisse C, Thisse B, Dambly-Chaudiere C, Rosa FM, Ghysen A.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Dec 10;99(25):16297-302. Epub 2002 Nov 20Cell migration plays an essential role in many morphogenetic processes, and its deregulation has ...Molecular basis of cell migration in the fish lateral line: role of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 ...Microinjectionzebrafish

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