Douglas W. Houston

Repression of organizer genes in dorsal and ventral Xenopus cells mediated by maternal XTcf3.

pygopus Encodes a nuclear protein essential for wingless/Wnt signaling.

Cloning and expression of Xenopus Lrp5 and Lrp6 genes.

A novel role for a nodal-related protein; Xnr3 regulates convergent extension movements via the FGF receptor.

The Xenopus LIM-homeodomain protein Xlim5 regulates the differential adhesion properties of early ectoderm cells.

Maternal Xenopus Zic2 negatively regulates Nodal-related gene expression during anteroposterior patterning.

Calcium fluxes in dorsal forerunner cells antagonize beta-catenin and alter left-right patterning.

Maternal Tgif1 regulates nodal gene expression in Xenopus.

Maternal Interferon Regulatory Factor 6 is required for the differentiation of primary superficial epithelia in Danio and Xenopus embryos.

Image analysis of calcium release dynamics.

Vegetally localized Xenopus trim36 regulates cortical rotation and dorsal axis formation.

The use of antisense oligonucleotides in Xenopus oocytes.

Identification of germ plasm-associated transcripts by microarray analysis of Xenopus vegetal cortex RNA.

Use of fully modified 2'-O-methyl antisense oligos for loss-of-function studies in vertebrate embryos.

Use of fully modified 2'-O-methyl antisense oligos for loss-of-function studies in vertebrate embryos.