Developmental biology

Optic cup morphogenesis requires pre-lens ectoderm but not lens differentiation.

Developmental biology

Hyer J, Kuhlman J, Afif E, Mikawa T

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-4 can induce proliferation of cardiac cushion mesenchymal cells during early valve leaflet formation.

Developmental biology

Sugi Y, Ito N, Szebenyi G, Myers K, Fallon JF, Mikawa T, Markwald RR

Constitutive expression of preproendothelin in the cardiac neural crest selectively promotes expansion of the adventitia of the great vessels in vivo.

Developmental biology

Ballard VL, Mikawa T

N-twist, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH protein expressed in the developing CNS, functions as a transcriptional inhibitor.

Developmental biology

Verzi MP, Anderson JP, Dodou E, Kelly KK, Greene SB, North BJ, Cripps RM, Black BL

Purkinje fibers of the avian heart express a myogenic transcription factor program distinct from cardiac and skeletal muscle.

Developmental biology

Takebayashi-Suzuki K, Pauliks LB, Eltsefon Y, Mikawa T

Bmp2b and Oep promote early myocardial differentiation through their regulation of gata5.

Developmental biology

Reiter JF, Verkade H, Stainier DY

Ephrin-B2 selectively marks arterial vessels and neovascularization sites in the adult, with expression in both endothelial and smooth-muscle cells.

Developmental biology

Gale NW, Baluk P, Pan L, Kwan M, Holash J, DeChiara TM, McDonald DM, Yancopoulos GD

TBX5 transcription factor regulates cell proliferation during cardiogenesis.

Developmental biology

Hatcher CJ, Kim MS, Mah CS, Goldstein MM, Wong B, Mikawa T, Basson CT

Characterization of Pax-2 regulatory sequences that direct transgene expression in the Wolffian duct and its derivatives.

Developmental biology

Kuschert S, Rowitch DH, Haenig B, McMahon AP, Kispert A

Trk C receptor signaling regulates cardiac myocyte proliferation during early heart development in vivo.

Developmental biology

Lin MI, Das I, Schwartz GM, Tsoulfas P, Mikawa T, Hempstead BL

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