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Love, N.R., Thuret, R., Chen, Y., Ishibashi, I., Sabherwal, N., Paredes, R., Alves-Silva, J., Noble, A.M., Guille, M.J., Sasai, Y., Papalopulu, N. and Amaya, E. (2011) pTransgenesis: a cross-species, modular transgenesis resource. Development 138(24):5451-8.

Love, N.R., Chen, Y., Bonev, B., Gilchrist, M.J., Fairclough, L., Lea, R., Mohun, T.J., Paredes, R., Zeef, L.A.H, and Amaya, E. (2011) Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration. BMC Developmental Biology 11:70.

Panagiotaki, N., Dajas-Bailador, F., Amaya, E., Papalopulu, N. and Dorey, K. (2010) Characterisation of a new regulator of BDNF signalling, Sprouty3, involved in axonal morphogenesis in vivo. Development 137(23): 4005-4015.

Gottgens, B. Ferreira, R., Sanchez, M., Ishibashi, S., Li, J., Spensberger, D., Lefevre, P., Ottersbach, K., Chapman, M., Kinston, S., Knezevic, K., Hoogenkamp, M., Follows, G., Bonifer, C., Amaya, E. and Green, A. (2010) cis-Regulatory Remodeling of the SCL Locus during Vertebrate Evolution. Molecular and cellular biology 30(24): 5741-51.

Dorey, K. and Amaya, E. (2010) FGF signalling: diverse roles during early vertebrate embryogenesis. Development 137(22): 3731-42.

Amaya, E. and Kroll, K. (2010) Production of transgenic Xenopus laevis by restriction enzyme mediated integration and nuclear transplantation. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 42.

Hellsten, U. Harland, R.M, Gilchrist, M.J., Hendrix, D., Jurka, J., Kapitonov, V., Ovcharenko, I., Putnam, N.P., Shu, S., Taher, L., Blitz, I., Blumberg, B., Dichmann, D., Dubchak, I., Amaya, E., Detter, J.C., Fletcher, R., Gerhard, D.S., Goodstein, D., Graves, T., Grigoriev, I., Grimwood, J., Kawashima, T., Lindquist, E., Lucas, S.M., Mead, P., Mitros, T., Ogino, H., Ohta, Y., Poliakov, A., Pollet, N., Robert, J., Salamov, A., Sater, A.K., Schmutz, J., Terry, A., Vize, P.D., Warren, W.C., Wells, D., Wills, A., Wilson, R.K., Zimmerman, L., Zorn, A., Grainger, R., Grammer, T., Khokha, M., Richardson, P.M. and Rokhsar, D.S. (2010) The genome of the western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis. Science 328:633-636.

Martin-Duran, J.M. Amaya, E. and Romero, R. (2010) Germ layer specification and axial patterning in the embryonic development of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea polychroa. Developmental Biology 340(1): 145-58.

Chen, Y. Costa, R.M.B. Love, N.R. Soto, X. Roth, M. Paredes, R. and Amaya, E. (2009) C/EBPα initiates primitive myelopoiesis in pluripotent embryonic cells. Blood 114:40-48.

Gilchrist, M.J. Christensen, M.B. Bronchain, O. Brunet, F. Chesneau, A. Fenger, U. Geach, T.J. Ironfield, H.V. Kaya, F. Kricha, S. Lea, R. Masse, K. Neant, I. Paillard, E. Parain, K. Perron, M. Sinzelle, L. Souopgui, J. Thuret, R. Ymlahi-Ouazzani, Q. and Pollet, N. (2009) Database of queryable gene expression patterns for Xenopus. Developmental Dynamics 238:1379-1388.

Lea, R. Papalopulu, N. Amaya, E. and Dorey, K. (2009) Temporal and spatial expression of FGF ligands and receptors during Xenopus development. Developmental Dynamics 238:1467-1479.

Costa, R.M.B. Soto, X. Chen, Y. Zorn, A.M. and Amaya, E. (2008) spib is required for primitive myeloid development in Xenopus. Blood 112(6): 2287-2296.

Ishibashi, S. Kroll, K.L. and Amaya, E. (2008) A method for generating transgenic frog embryos. In Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 461. Edited by Paul Sharpe and Ivor Mason. Humana Press Inc. Totowa, NJ. Pages 447-466.

Amaya, E. (2007) What can embryos teach us about communication? Development 134(24): 4310-1.

Ishibashi, S. Kroll, K.L. and Amaya E. (2007) Generation of Transgenic Xenopus laevis: III. Sperm Nuclear Transplantation. CSH Protocols (September Issue).

Ishibashi, S. Kroll, K.L. and Amaya E. (2007) Generation of Transgenic Xenopus laevis: II. Sperm Nuclei Preparation. CSH Protocols (September Issue).

Ishibashi, S. Kroll, K.L. and Amaya E. (2007) Generation of Transgenic Xenopus laevis: I. High-Speed Preparation of Egg Extracts. CSH Protocols (September Issue).

Huang, J.K. Dorey, K. Ishibashi, S. & Amaya, E. (2007) BDNF promotes target innervation of Xenopus mandibular trigeminal axons in vivo. BMC Developmental Biology 7:59.

Chen, J.A. Chu, S.T. and Amaya, E. (2007) Maintenance of motor neuron progenitors in Xenopus requires a novel localized cyclin. EMBO Reports 8:287-292.

Amaya, E. (2006) Xenomics. In Genomes. Edited by H.E. Sussman and M.A. Smit. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Pages 199-220.

Amaya, E. (2005) Xenomics. Genome Research 15:1683-1691.

Sivak, J.M. Petersen, L. and Amaya, E. (2005) FGF Signal Interpretation is directed by Sprouty and Spred proteins during mesoderm formation. Developmental Cell 8:689-701.

Chen, J.A. Voigt, J. Gilchrist, M. Papalopulu, N. and Amaya, E. (2005) Identification of novel genes affecting mesoderm formation and morphogenesis through an enhanced large scale functional screen in Xenopus. Mechanisms of Development 122:307-331.

Voigt, J. Chen, J.A. Gilchrist, M. Amaya, E. and Papalopulu, N. (2005) Expression cloning screening of a unique and full-length set of cDNA clones is an efficient method for identifying genes involved in Xenopus neurogenesis. Mechanisms of Development 122:289-306.

Chalmers, A.D. Goldstone, K. Smith, J.C. Gilchrist, M. Amaya, E. and Papalopulu, N. (2005) A Xenopus tropicalis oligonucleotide microarray works across species using RNA from Xenopus laevis. Mechanisms of Development 122:355-363.

Harmer, N.J. Sivak, J. Amaya, E. and Blundell, T.L. (2005). 1.15Å Crystal structure of the X. tropicalis Spred1 Enabled/Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein homology-1 domain. FEBS Letters 579:1161-1166.

Sivak, J. M. and Amaya, E. (2004). FGF signaling during gastrulation. in Gastrulation. Edited by Claudio Stern. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. pp. 463-473.

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. Developmental Biology 271:498-516.

Kenwrick, S. Amaya, E. and Papalopulu, N. (2004) Pilot morpholino screen in Xenopus tropicalis identifies a novel gene involved in head development. Developmental Dynamics 229:289-299.

Costa, R.M.B. Mason, J. Lee, M. Amaya, E. and Zorn, A.M. (2003). Novel gene expression domains reveal early patterning of the Xenopus endoderm. Gene Expression Patterns 3:509-519.

Concha, M.L. Russell, C. Regan, J.C. Tawk, M. Sidi, S. Gilmour, D.T. Kapsimali, M. Sumoy, L. Goldstone, K. Amaya, E. Kimelman, D. Nicolson, T. Gründer, S. Gomperts, M. Clarke, J.D.W. and Wilson, S.W. (2003). Local tissue interactions across the dorsal midline of the forebrain establish CNS laterality. Neuron 39:423-438.

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. Developmental Dynamics 226:118-127.

Khokha, M.K. Chung, C. Bustamante, E. Gaw, L. Trott, K. Yeh, J. Lim, N. Lin, J. Taverner, N. Amaya, E. Papalopulu, N. Smith, J.C. Zorn, A.M. Harland, R.M. and Grammer, T.C. (2002). Techniques and probes for the study of Xenopus tropicalis development. Developmental Dynamics 225:499-510.

Polli, M. and Amaya, E. (2002) A study of mesoderm patterning through the analysis of the regulation of Xmyf-5 expression. Development 129:2917-2927.

Hartley, K.O. Nutt, S.L. and Amaya E. (2002) Targeted gene expression in transgenic Xenopus using the binary Gal4-UAS system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 99:1377-1382.

Hartley, K.O. Hardcastle, Z. Friday, R.V. Amaya, E. and Papalopulu. N. (2001) Transgenic Xenopus embryos reveal that anterior neural development requires continued suppression of BMP signalling after gastrulation. Developmental Biology 238:168-184.

Nutt, S.L. Bronchain, O.J. Hartley, K.O. and Amaya, E. (2001) Comparison of morpholino based translational inhibition during the development of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. Genesis 30:110-113.

Nutt, S.L. Dingwell, K.S. Holt, C.E. and Amaya, E. (2001) Xenopus Sprouty2 inhibits FGF mediated gastrulation movements but does not affect mesoderm induction and patterning. Genes and Development 15:1152-1166.

Breckenridge, R.A. Mohun, T.J. and Amaya, E. (2001) A role for BMP signalling in heart looping morphogenesis in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 232:191-203.

Kroll, K.L. and Amaya, E. (2000) Transgenesis in Xenopus Embryos. In Early Development of Xenopus laevis. Edited by H.L. Sive, R.M. Grainger and R.M. Harland. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Cold Spring Harbor. Chapter 11, Pages 199-230.

Göttgens, B. Barton, L.M. Gilbert, J.G.R. Bench, A.J. Sanchez, M.J. Bahn, S. Mistry, S. Grafham, D. McMurray, A. Vaudin, M. Amaya, E. Bentley, D.R. and Green, A.R. (2000) Analysis of vertebrate SCL loci identifies conserved enhancers. Nature Biotechnology 18:181-186.

Bronchain, O.J. Hartley, K.O. and Amaya, E. (1999) A gene trap approach in Xenopus. Current Biology 9:1195-1198

Amaya, E. and Kroll, K.L. (1999) A method for generating transgenic frog embryos. In Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 97: Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols. Edited by Paul Sharpe and Ivor Mason. Humana Press Inc. Totowa, NJ. Pages 393-414.

Amaya, E. Offield, M.F. and Grainger, R.M. (1998) Frog genetics: Xenopus tropicalis jumps into the future. Trends in Genetics 14:253-255.

Kroll, K.L. and Amaya, E. (1996) Transgenic Xenopus embryos from sperm nuclear transplantations reveal FGF signaling requirements during gastrulation. Development 122:3173-3183.

McFarlane, S. Cornel, E. Amaya, E. and Holt, C.E. (1996) Inhibition of FGF receptor activity in retinal ganglion cell axons causes errors in target recognition. Neuron 17:245-254.

Robbie, E.P. Peterson, M. Amaya, E. and Musci, T.J. (1995) Temporal regulation of the Xenopus FGF receptor in development: a translation inhibitory element in the 3' untranslated region. Development 121:1775-1785.

Amaya, E. Stein, P.A. Musci, T.J. and Kirschner, M.W. (1993) FGF signalling in the early specification of mesoderm in Xenopus. Development 118:477-487.

Byers, S. Amaya, E. Munro, S. and Bluschuk, O. (1992) Fibroblast growth factor receptors contain a conserved HAV region common to cadherins and influenza strain A hemagglutinins: A role for protein-protein interaction? Developmental Biology 152:411-414.

Amaya, E. Musci, T.J. and Kirschner, M.W. (1991) Expression of a dominant negative mutant form of the FGF receptor disrupts mesoderm formation in Xenopus embryos. Cell 66:257-270.

Musci, T.J. Amaya, E. and Kirschner, M.W. (1990). Regulation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor in early Xenopus embryos. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 87:8365-8369.