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Woltering JM, Durston AJ. (2006)  The zebrafish hoxDb cluster has been reduced to a single microRNA. Nat Genet. Jun;38(6):601-2.

Peres JN, McNulty CL, Durston AJ. (2006) Interaction between X-Delta-2 and Hox genes regulates segmentation and patterning of the anteroposterior axis. Mech Dev. Apr;123(4):321-33.

Peres JN, Durston AJ. (2006) Role of X-Delta-2 in the early neural development of Xenopus laevis.Dev Dyn. 2006 Mar;235(3):802-10

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. pdf:

McNulty CL, Peres JN, Bardine N, van den Akker WM, Durston AJ. (2005) Knockdown of the complete Hox paralogous group 1 leads to dramatic hindbrain and neural crest defects. Development. Jun;132(12):2861-71.

Morgan, M.J., Woltering, J.M., In Der Rieden, P.M., Durston, A.J. and Thiery, J.P. (2004) YY1 regulates the neural crest associated slug gene in Xenopus laevis. J Biol Chem. Aug 23

Wacker, S.A., Jansen, H.J., McNulty, C.L., Houtzager, E., Durston, A.J. (2004) Timed interactions between the Hox expressing non-organiser mesoderm and the Spemann organiser generate positional information during vertebrate gastrulation. Dev Biol. 268(1): 207-219

In der Rieden, P.M., Mainguy, G., Woltering, J.M., Durston, A.J. (2004) Homeodomain to hexapeptide or PBC-interaction-domain distance: size apparently matters. Trends Genet. 20(2): 76-79

Wacker, S.A., McNulty, C.L., Durston, A.J. (2004) The initiation of Hox gene expression in Xenopus laevis is controlled by Brachyury and BMP-4. Dev Biol. 266(1): 123-37

Mainguy, G., In der Rieden, P.M., Berezikov, E., Woltering, J.M., Plasterk, R.H., Durston, A.J. (2003) A position-dependent organisation of retinoid response elements is conserved in the vertebrate Hox clusters. Trends Genet. 19(9): 476-479

Morsi El-Kadi, A.S., In der Reiden, P., Durston, A., Morgan, R. (2002) The small GTPase Rap1 is an immediate downstream target for Hoxb4 transcriptional regulation. Mech Dev. 113(2): 131-139

Green, C.B., Durston, A.J., Morgan, R. (2001) The circadian gene Clock is restricted to the anterior neural plate early in development and is regulated by the neural inducer noggin and the transcription factor Otx2. Mech Dev. 101(1-2): 105-10

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