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Selected Recent Publications from the DBC

Life-long preservation of the regenerative capacity in the fin and heart in zebrafish.  (2012) Itou, J., Kawakami, H., Burgoyne, T. and Kawakami, Y. Biology Open, 1, 739 – 746. Abstract

Islet1 regulates establishment of the posterior hindlimb field upstream of the Hand2-Shh morphoregulatory gene network in mouse embryos. Itou J, Kawakami H, Quach T, Osterwalder M, Evans SM, Zeller R, Kawakami Y., Development. 2012 May;139(9):1620-9. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
PMID: 22438573 Abstract

Human ES- and iPS-derived myogenic progenitors restore DYSTROPHIN and improve contractility upon transplantation in dystrophic mice. Darabi R, Arpke RW, Irion S, Dimos JT, Grskovic M, Kyba M, Perlingeiro RC., Cell Stem Cell. 2012 May 4;10(5):610-9.
PMID: 22560081 Abstract

Etv2 is Expressed in the Yolk Sac Hematopoietic and Endothelial Progenitors and Regulates Lmo2 Gene Expression. Koyano-Nakagawa N, Kweon J, Iacovino M, Shi X, Rasmussen TL, Borges L, Zirbes KM, Li T, Perlingeiro RC, Kyba M, Garry DJ., Stem Cells. 2012 May 24. doi: 10.1002/stem.1131. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 22628281 Abstract

Hypersensitive to red and blue 1 and its modification by protein phosphatase 7 are implicated in the control of Arabidopsis stomatal aperture. Sun X, Kang X, Ni M., PLoS Genet. 2012 May;8(5):e1002674. Epub 2012 May 10.
PMID: 22589732 Abstract

Alternative cells for regeneration. Slack JM. Dev Cell. 2012 Apr 17;22(4):689-90. Abstract

Sex and the singular DM domain: insights into sexual regulation, evolution and plasticity. Matson CK, Zarkower D., Nat Rev Genet. 2012 Feb 7;13(3):163-74. doi: 10.1038/nrg3161. 
PMID: 22310892 Abstract

Depolymerizing kinesins Kip3 and MCAK shape cellular microtubule architecture by differential control of catastrophe. Gardner MK, Zanic M, Gell C, Bormuth V, Howard J., Cell. 2011 Nov 23;147(5):1092-103.
PMID: 22118464 Abstract