Michael D. Sheets

Primitive and definitive blood share a common origin in Xenopus: a comparison of lineage techniques used to construct fate maps.

Rethinking axial patterning in amphibians.

Zygotic control of maternal cyclin A1 translation and mRNA stability.

Expression of scFv antibodies in Xenopus embryos to disrupt protein function: implications for large-scale evaluation of the embryonic proteome.

Xenopus embryonic poly(A) binding protein 2 (ePABP2) defines a new family of cytoplasmic poly(A) binding proteins expressed during the early stages of vertebrate development.

Fate mapping hematopoietic lineages in the Xenopus embryo.

BMP antagonism by Spemann's organizer regulates rostral-caudal fate of mesoderm.

Heading in a new direction: implications of the revised fate map for understanding Xenopus laevis development.

Chordin affects pronephros development in Xenopus embryos by anteriorizing presomitic mesoderm.

Structural basis for RNA recognition by a type II poly(A)-binding protein.

Analyses of zebrafish and Xenopus oocyte maturation reveal conserved and diverged features of translational regulation of maternal cyclin B1 mRNA.

Spatially restricted translation of the xCR1 mRNA in Xenopus embryos.

Toward defining the phosphoproteome of Xenopus laevis embryos.

Deadenylation of maternal mRNAs mediated by miR-427 in Xenopus laevis embryos.

Poly(A)-binding proteins are functionally distinct and have essential roles during vertebrate development.

Limiting Ago protein restricts RNAi and microRNA biogenesis during early development in Xenopus laevis.

Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) phosphorylation is required for Xenopus oocyte maturation.

Transcriptional integration of Wnt and Nodal pathways in establishment of the Spemann organizer.

Bicaudal-C spatially controls translation of vertebrate maternal mRNAs.

Determinants of RNA binding and translational repression by the Bicaudal-C regulatory protein.

Building the Future: Post-transcriptional Regulation of Cell Fate Decisions Prior to the Xenopus Midblastula Transition.

A gradient of maternal Bicaudal-C controls vertebrate embryogenesis via translational repression of mRNAs encoding cell fate regulators.

Controlling the Messenger: Regulated Translation of Maternal mRNAs in Xenopus laevis Development.