Recent Publications
(For more publications go to http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/~smithlab/publications.htm)
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Knapp D, Messenger N, Ahmed Rana A, Smith JC. (2006) Neurotrophin Receptor Homolog (NRH1) proteins regulate mesoderm formation and apoptosis during early Xenopus development. Dev Biol. Sep 28.

Wardle FC, Odom DT, Bell GW, Yuan B, Danford TW, Wiellette EL, Herbolsheimer E, Sive HL, Young RA, Smith JC. (2006) Zebrafish promoter microarrays identify actively transcribed embryonic genes. Genome Biol. Aug 4;7(8):R71

Dingwell KS, Smith JC. (2006) Tes regulates neural crest migration and axial elongation in Xenopus. Dev Biol. May 1;293(1):252-67. Epub 2006 Mar 22.

Wardle FC, Smith JC. (2006) Transcriptional regulation of mesendoderm formation in Xenopus. Semin Cell Dev Biol. Feb;17(1):99-109. Epub 2005 Dec 13.

Stern CD, Charite J, Deschamps J, Duboule D, Durston AJ, Kmita M, Nicolas JF, Palmeirim I, Smith JC, Wolpert L. (2006) Head-tail patterning of the vertebrate embryo: one, two or many unresolved problems? Int J Dev Biol. 50(1):3-15.

Collart C, Verschueren K, Rana A, Smith JC, Huylebroeck D. (2005). The novel Smad-interacting protein Smicl regulates Chordin expression in the Xenopus embryo. Development. Oct;132(20):4575-86.

Rodriguez TA, Srinivas S, Clements MP, Smith JC, Beddington RS. (2005). Induction and migration of the anterior visceral endoderm is regulated by the extra-embryonic ectoderm. Development. Jun;132(11):2513-20. Epub 2005 Apr 27.

Messenger NJ, Kabitschke C, Andrews R, Grimmer D, Nunez Miguel R, Blundell TL, Smith JC, Wardle FC. (2005) Functional specificity of the Xenopus T-domain protein Brachyury is conferred by its ability to interact with Smad1. Dev Cell. Apr;8(4):599-610.

Callery EM, Smith JC, Thomsen GH. (2005) The ARID domain protein dril1 is necessary for TGF(beta) signaling in Xenopus embryos. Dev Biol. Feb 15;278(2):542-59.

Birsoy B, Berg L, Williams PH, Smith JC, Wylie CC, Christian JL, Heasman J. (2005) XPACE4 is a localized pro-protein convertase required for mesoderm induction and the cleavage of specific TGFbeta proteins in Xenopus development. Development. Feb;132(3):591-602. Epub 2005 Jan 5.

Taverner NV, Kofron M, Shin Y, Kabitschke C, Gilchrist MJ, Wylie C, Cho KWY, Heasman J, Smith JC. (2005). Microarray-based identification of VegT targets in Xenopus. Mech. Dev. 122, 333-354

Smith JC. (2005) Xenopus genetics and genomics. Mech Dev. Mar;122(3):259-62.

Smith J. (2005). 'Beddington, Rosa Susan Penelope (1956-2001)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition, Oxford University Press, Jan 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/75857]

Brown DD, Martz SN, Binder O, Goetz SC, Price BM, Smith JC, Conlon FL. (2005) Tbx5 and Tbx20 act synergistically to control vertebrate heart morphogenesis. Development. Feb;132(3):553-63. Epub 2005 Jan 5.

Chalmers AD, Goldstone K, Smith JC, Gilchrist M, Amaya E, Papalopulu N. (2005) A Xenopus tropicalis oligonucleotide microarray works across species using RNA from Xenopus laevis. Mech Dev. Mar;122(3):355-63. Epub 2004 Oct 26.

Kiefer, J.C. [and Gibson-Brown, J., Grunwald, D, and Smith, J.C.] (2004). The Tbx-files: The truth is out there Dev. Dyn. 231, 232-236.

Smith, J.C. and Gurdon, J.B. (2004). Many ways to make a gradient. BioEssays 26, 705-706.

Rana, A.A., Martinez Barbera, J.P., Rodriguez, T.A., Lynch, D., Hirst, E., Smith, J.C. and Beddington, R.S.P. (2004). Targeted deletion of the novel cytoplasmic dynein mD2LIC disrupts the embryonic organiser and formation of the body axes. Development 131, 4999-5007.

Bromley E, Knapp D, Wardle FC, Sun BI, Collins-Racie L, LaVallie E, Smith JC, Sive HL. (2004) Identification and characterisation of the posteriorly-expressed Xenopus neurotrophin receptor homolog genes fullback and fullback-like. Gene Expr Patterns. Nov;5(1):135-40.

Wardle, F.C. and Smith, J.C. (2004). Refinement of gene expression patterns in the early Xenopus embryo. Development 131, 4687-4696.

Taverner, N.V., Smith, J.C. and Wardle, F.C. (2004). Identifying transcription factor targets. Genome Biology 5, 210.

Saka, Y. and Smith, J.C. (2004). A Xenopus tribbles orthologue is required for the progression of mitosis and for development of the nervous system. Dev Biol. 273, 210-225.

Williams, P.H., Hagemann, A., González-Gaitán, M. and Smith, J.C. (2004). Formation by diffusion of an Xnr2 morphogen gradient in the Xenopus embryo. Current Biology, in press.

Piepenburg, O., Grimmer, D. Williams, P.H. and Smith, J.C. (2004). Activin redux: specification of mesodermal pattern in Xenopus by graded concentrations of endogenous activin B. Development, 131, 4977-4986.

Srinivas, S., Tristan Rodriguez, T., Clements, M., Smith, J.C. and Beddington, R.S.P. (2004). Active cell migration drives the unilateral movements of the Anterior Visceral Endoderm. Development 131, 1157-1164.

Gilchrist, M., Zorn, A.M., Voigt, J., Smith, J.C., Papalopulu, N. and Amaya, E. (2004). Defining a large set of full length clones from a Xenopus tropicalis EST project. Dev Biol. 271, 498-516

Mercurio, S., Latinkic, B., Itasaki, N., Krumlauf, R. and Smith, J.C. (2004). Connective-tissue growth factor modulates cell signalling by Wnt family members. Development 131, 2137-2147

Smith, J.C. (2004). T-box genes and the regulation of gastrulation. In  Gastrulation. Edited by Claudio Stern. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp 571-580.

de Sousa Nunes, R., Rana, A., Kettleborough, R., Brickman, J., Clements, M., Forrest, A., Grimmond, S., Avner, P., Smith, J.C., Dunwoodie, S.L. and Beddington, R.S.P. (2003). Characterising embryonic gene expression using a non-redundant sequence-based selection method. Genome Research 13, 2609-2620.

Trindade, M., Messenger, N., Papin, C., Grimmer, D., Fairclough, L., Tada, M. and Smith, J.C. (2003). Regulation of apoptosis in the Xenopus embryo by Bix3. Development 130, 4611-4622

Itasaki, N., Jones, C. M., Mercurio, S., Rowe, A., Domingos, P.M., Smith, J.C. and Krumlauf, R. (2003). Wise, a context-dependent activator and inhibitor of Wnt signalling. Development 130, 4295-4305

Marcellini, S., Technau, U., Smith, J.C. and Lemaire, P. (2003). Evolution of Brachyury proteins: Identification of a novel regulatory domain conserved between bilateria. Dev. Biol. 260, 352-361

Latinkic, B.V., Mercurio, S., Bennett, B., Hirst, E.M.A., Xu, Q., Lau, L.F., Mohun, T.J. and Smith, J.C. (2003). Xenopus Cyr61 regulates gastrulation movements and modulates Wnt signalling. Development, 130, 2429-2441.

D’Souza, A., Lee, M., Taverner, N., Mason, J., Carruthers, S., Smith, J.C., Amaya, E., Papalopulu, N. and Zorn, A.M. (2003). Molecular components of the endoderm specification pathway in Xenopus tropicalis. Dev. Dyn. 226, 118-127.

Smith, J.C. and White, R. (2003). Patterning the Xenopus embryo. In Patterning in Vertebrate Development (ed. Cheryll Tickle), Oxford University Press, pp 24-47.

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