Publications:

 

1. Coffinier, C., Tran, U., Larrain, J., and De Robertis, E. M. (2001). Neuralin is a novel Chordin-related molecule expressed in the mouse neural plate. Mechanisms of Development 100. 119-122.

 

2. Wessely, O., Tran, U., Zakin, L., and De Robertis, E. M. (2001). Identification and expression of the mouse homologue of Bicaudal-C. Mechanisms of Development 101. 267-270.

 

3. Coffinier, C., Ketpura N., Tran, U., Geissert, D., and De Robertis, E. M. (2002). Mouse Crossveinless-2 as the vertebrate homolog of a Drosophila extracellular regulator of BMP signaling. Mechanisms of Development 119. Suppl 1:S179-84.

 

4. Bachiller, D., Klingensmith J., Shneyder, N., Tran, U.,  Anderson, R., Rossant, J., and De Robertis, E. M. (2003). The Role of Chordin/BMP Signals in Mammalian Pharyngeal Development and DiGeorge Syndrome. Development 130. 3567-3578.

 

5. Oelgeschläger, M., Tran, U., Grubisic, K., and De Robertis, E. M. (2004). Identification of a second Xenopus twisted gastrulation gene. Intl. J. Dev. Biol. 48(1). 57-61.

 

6. Wessely, O., Kim, J. I., Geissert, D., Tran, U., and De Robertis, E. M. (2004). cDNA Array Analysis of Spemann’s Organizer Formation in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 269(2). 552-566.

 

7. Tanaka, H., Okamura, K., Fujimoto, T., Yasuda, S., Sugiura, H., Mizoguchi, A., Tran, U., Suzuki, K., Takemiya, T., Uchiyama, T., De Robertis, E. M., Yamagata, K., and Miki, N. (2004). Arcadlin regulates morphogenesis of dendritic spines by interacting with N-cadherin. Manuscript submitted.

 

8. Wessely, O, Kim, J. I., Tran, U., Fuentealba, L., and De Robertis, E. M. (2005). The antiproliferative gene xBtg-x regulates Wnt and NFkB signaling during early Xenopus development. Manuscript in preparation.