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Buckingham M, Bajard L, Daubas P, Esner M, Lagha M, Relaix F, Rocancourt D. (2006) Myogenic progenitor cells in the mouse embryo are marked by the expression of Pax3/7 genes that regulate their survival and myogenic potential. Anat Embryol (Berl). Oct 13; [Epub ahead of print]

Bajard L, Relaix F, Lagha M, Rocancourt D, Daubas P, Buckingham ME. (2006) A novel genetic hierarchy functions during hypaxial myogenesis: Pax3 directly activates Myf5 in muscle progenitor cells in the limb. Genes Dev. Sep 1;20(17):2450-64.

Borello U, Berarducci B, Murphy P, Bajard L, Buffa V, Piccolo S, Buckingham M, Cossu G.(2006) The Wnt/{beta}-catenin pathway regulates Gli-mediated Myf5 expression during somitogenesis. Development. Sep;133(18):3723-32.

Buckingham M. (2006) Myogenic progenitor cells and skeletal myogenesis in vertebrates. Curr Opin Genet Dev. Oct;16(5):525-32. Epub 2006 Aug 22.

Marguerie A, Bajolle F, Zaffran S, Brown NA, Dickson C, Buckingham ME, Kelly RG. (2006) Congenital heart defects in Fgfr2-IIIb and Fgf10 mutant mice. Cardiovasc Res. Jul 1;71(1):50-60. Epub 2006 Apr 4.

Franco D, Meilhac SM, Christoffels VM, Kispert A, Buckingham M, Kelly RG. (2006) Left and right ventricular contributions to the formation of the interventricular septum in the mouse heart. Dev Biol. Jun 15;294(2):366-75. Epub 2006 May 3.

Bajanca F, Luz M, Raymond K, Martins GG, Sonnenberg A, Tajbakhsh S, Buckingham M, Thorsteinsdottir S. (2006) Integrin alpha6beta1-laminin interactions regulate early myotome formation in the mouse embryo. Development. May;133(9):1635-44. Epub 2006 Mar 22.

Esner M, Meilhac SM, Relaix F, Nicolas JF, Cossu G, Buckingham ME. (2006) Smooth muscle of the dorsal aorta shares a common clonal origin with skeletal muscle of the myotome. Development. Feb;133(4):737-49.

Bajolle F, Zaffran S, Kelly RG, Hadchouel J, Bonnet D, Brown NA, Buckingham ME. (2006) Rotation of the myocardial wall of the outflow tract is implicated in the normal positioning of the great arteries. Circ Res. Feb 17;98(3):421-8. Epub 2006 Jan 5.

Relaix F, Montarras D, Zaffran S, Gayraud-Morel B, Rocancourt D, Tajbakhsh S, Mansouri A, Cumano A, Buckingham M. (2006) Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells. J Cell Biol. Jan 2;172(1):91-102. Epub 2005 Dec 27.

Buckingham M, Meilhac S, Zaffran S. (2005) Building the mammalian heart from two sources of myocardial cells. Nat Rev Genet. Nov;6(11):826-35.

Montarras D, Morgan J, Collins C, Relaix F, Zaffran S, Cumano A, Partridge T, Buckingham M. (2005) Direct isolation of satellite cells for skeletal muscle regeneration. Science. Sep 23;309(5743):2064-7. Epub 2005 Sep 1.

Relaix F, Rocancourt D, Mansouri A, Buckingham M. (2005) A Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle progenitor cells. Nature. Jun 16;435(7044):948-53. Epub 2005 Apr 20.

Relaix F, Rocancourt D, Mansouri A, Buckingham M. (2004) Divergent functions of murine Pax3 and Pax7 in limb muscle development. Genes Dev. 18(9):1088-105.

Meilhac, S.M., Esner, M., Kelly, R.G., Nicolas, J-F., & Buckingham, M.E. (2004). The clonal origin of myocardial cells in different regions of the embryonic mouse heart. Dev. Cell, 6, 1-20.

Hadchouel J, Carvajal JJ, Daubas P, Bajard L, Chang T, Rocancourt D, Cox D, Summerbell D, Tajbakhsh S, Rigby PW, Buckingham M. (2003) Analysis of a key regulatory region upstream of the Myf5 gene reveals multiple phases of myogenesis, orchestrated at each site by a combination of elements dispersed throughout the locus. Development. 130(15):3415-26.

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