Lab Publications

Chalmers, A.D., Goldstone, K, Smith, J.C., Gilchrist, M., Amaya, E. and Papalopulu, N.
A Xenopus tropicalis oligonucleotide microarray works across species using RNA from Xenopus laevis.
Gene Expression Patterns. in press
Sivak, J. M. and Amaya, E.
FGF signaling during gastrulation. in Gastrulation. Edited by Claudio Stern. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
in press.2004.
Gilchrist, M., Zorn, A. M., Voigt, J, Smith, J.C., Papalopulu, N. and Amaya, E.
Defining a large set of full length clones from a Xenopus tropicalis EST project.
Dev Biol. 2004, 271:498-516.
Kenwrick, S, Amaya, E. and Papalopulu, N.
A Pilot Morpholino Screen in Xenopus tropicalis Identifies a Novel Gene Involved in Head Development.
Developmental Dynamics. 2004, 229:289-299.
Costa, R.M.B., Mason, J., Lee, M., Amaya, E. and Zorn, A.M.
Novel gene expression domains reveal early patterning of the Xenopus endoderm.
Gene Expression Patterns. 2003, 3:509-519.
Concha, M.L., Russell, C., Regan, J.C., Tawk, M., Sidi, S., Gilmour, D.T., Kapsimali, M., Sumoy, L., Goldstone, K., Amaya, E., Kimelman, D., Nicolson, T., Gruder, S., Gomperts, M., Clarke, J.D.W. and Wilson, S.W.
Local tissue interactions across the dorsal midline of the forebrain establish CNS laterality.
Neuron. 2003, 39:423-438.
D'Souza, A., Lee, M.,Taverner, N., Mason, J., Carruthers, S., Smith, J.C., Amaya, E., Papalopulu, N. and Zorn , A.M.
Molecular components of the endoderm specification pathway in Xenopus tropicalis.
Dev Dyn. 2003, 226:118-127.
Khokha, M.K., Chung, C., Bustamante, E., Gaw, L., Trott, K., Yeh, J., Lim, N., Lin, J., Taverner, N., Amaya, E., Papalopulu, N., Smith, J.C., Zorn, A.M., Harland, R.M. and Grammer, T.C.
Techniques and probes for the study of Xenopus tropicalis development.
Dev Dyn. 2002, 225:499-510.
Polli M, Amaya E.
A study of mesoderm patterning through the analysis of the regulation of Xmyf-5 expression.
Development. 2002 Jun;129(12):2917-27.
Hartley KO, Nutt SL, Amaya E.
Targeted gene expression in transgenic Xenopus using the binary Gal4-UAS system.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 5;99(3):1377-82.
Hartley KO, Hardcastle Z, Friday RV, Amaya E, Papalopulu N.
Transgenic Xenopus embryos reveal that anterior neural development requires continued suppression of BMP signaling after gastrulation.
Dev Biol. 2001 Oct 1;238(1):168-84.
Nutt SL, Bronchain OJ, Hartley KO, Amaya E.
Comparison of morpholino based translational inhibition during the development of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis.
Genesis. 2001 Jul;30(3):110-3.
Nutt SL, Dingwell KS, Holt CE, Amaya E.
Xenopus Sprouty2 inhibits FGF-mediated gastrulation movements but does not affect mesoderm induction and patterning.
Genes Dev. 2001 May 1;15(9):1152-66.
Breckenridge RA, Mohun TJ, Amaya E.
A role for BMP signalling in heart looping morphogenesis in Xenopus.
Dev Biol. 2001 Apr 1;232(1):191-203.
Kroll, K.L. and Amaya, E.
Transgenesis in Xenopus Embryos. in Early Development of Xenopus laevis.
Edited by H.L. Sive, R.M. Grainger and R.M. Harland. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2000, Chapter 11, pp. 199-230.
Gottgens B, Barton LM, Gilbert JG, Bench AJ, Sanchez MJ, Bahn S, Mistry S, Grafham D, McMurray A, Vaudin M, Amaya E, Bentley DR, Green AR, Sinclair AM.
Analysis of vertebrate SCL loci identifies conserved enhancers.
Nat Biotechnol. 2000 Feb;18(2):181-6.
Bronchain OJ, Hartley KO, Amaya E.
A gene trap approach in Xenopus.
Curr Biol. 1999 Oct 21;9(20):1195-8.
Amaya E, Kroll KL.
A method for generating transgenic frog embryos.
Methods Mol Biol. 1999;97:393-414.
Amaya E, Offield MF, Grainger RM.
Frog genetics: Xenopus tropicalis jumps into the future.
Trends Genet. 1998 Jul;14(7):253-5.
Kroll KL, Amaya E.
Transgenic Xenopus embryos from sperm nuclear transplantations reveal FGF signaling requirements during gastrulation.
Development. 1996 Oct;122(10):3173-83.
McFarlane S, Cornel E, Amaya E, Holt CE.
Inhibition of FGF receptor activity in retinal ganglion cell axons causes errors in target recognition.
Neuron. 1996 Aug;17(2):245-54.
Robbie EP, Peterson M, Amaya E, Musci TJ.
Temporal regulation of the Xenopus FGF receptor in development: a translation inhibitory element in the 3' untranslated region.
Development. 1995 Jun;121(6):1775-85.
Amaya E, Stein PA, Musci TJ, Kirschner MW.
FGF signalling in the early specification of mesoderm in Xenopus.
Development. 1993 Jun;118(2):477-87.
Byers S, Amaya E, Munro S, Blaschuk O.
Fibroblast growth factor receptors contain a conserved HAV region common to cadherins and influenza strain A hemagglutinins: a role in protein-protein interactions?
Dev Biol. 1992 Aug;152(2):411-4.
Amaya E, Musci TJ, Kirschner MW.
Expression of a dominant negative mutant of the FGF receptor disrupts mesoderm formation in Xenopus embryos.
Cell. 1991 Jul 26;66(2):257-70.
Musci TJ, Amaya E, Kirschner MW.
Regulation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor in early Xenopus embryos.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Nov;87(21):8365-9.