Publications list for Professor Thomas Becker

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

2010

  
  • Punnamoottil, B., Herrmann, C., Pascual-Anaya, J., D'Aniello, S., Garcia-Fernàndez, J., Akalin, A., Becker, T., Rinkwitz, S. Cis-regulatory characterization of sequence conservation surrounding the Hox4 genes. Developmental biology. 2010; 340:269-282. [Abstract]
  • Dong, X., Navratilova, P., Fredman, D., Drivenes, O., Becker, T., Lenhard, B. Exonic remnants of whole-genome duplication reveal cis-regulatory function of coding exons. Nucleic acids research. 2010; 38:1071-85. [Abstract]
  • Navratilova, P., Fredman, D., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. Regulatory divergence of the duplicated chromosomal loci sox11a/b by subpartitioning and sequence evolution of enhancers in zebrafish. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 2010; 283:171-84. [Abstract]
  • Ragvin, A., Moro, E., Fredman, D., Navratilova, P., Drivenes, Ã., Engström, P., Alonso, M., de la Calle Mustienes, E., Gómez Skarmeta, J., Tavares, M., Casares, F., Manzanares, M., van Heyningen, V., Molven, A., Njølstad, P., Argenton, F., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. Long-range gene regulation links genomic type 2 diabetes and obesity risk regions to HHEX, SOX4, and IRX3. National Academy of Sciences Proceedings. 2010; 107:775-780. [Abstract]

2009

  
  • Komisarczuk, A., Kawakami, K., Becker, T. Cis-regulation and chromosomal rearrangement of the fgf8 locus after the teleost/tetrapod split. Developmental Biology. 2009; 336:301-312. [Abstract]
  • Navratilova, P., Becker, T. Genomic regulatory blocks in vertebrates and implications in human disease. Briefings in functional genomics & proteomics. 2009; 8:333-42. [Abstract]
  • Amsterdam, A., Lai, K., Komisarczuk, A., Becker, T., Bronson, R., Hopkins, N., Lees, J. Zebrafish Hagoromo mutants up-regulate fgf8 postembryonically and develop neuroblastoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 2009; 7:841-850. [Abstract]
  • Navratilova, P., Fredman, D., Hawkins, T., Turner, K., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. Systematic human/zebrafish comparative identification of cis-regulatory activity around vertebrate developmental transcription factor genes. Developmental biology. 2009; 327:526-540. [Abstract]

2008

  
  • Topp, S., Stigloher, C., Komisarczuk, A., Adolf, B., Becker, T., Bally-Cuif, L. Fgf signaling in the zebrafish adult brain: association of Fgf activity with ventricular zones but not cell proliferation. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2008; 510:422-439. [Abstract]
  • Komisarczuk, A., Topp, S., Stigloher, C., Kapsimali, M., Bally-Cuif, L., Becker, T. Enhancer detection and developmental expression of zebrafish sprouty1, a member of the fgf8 synexpression group. Developmental Dynamics. 2008; 237:2594-2603. [Abstract]
  • Punnamoottil, B., Kikuta, H., Pezeron, G., Erceg, J., Becker, T., Rinkwitz, S. Enhancer detection in zebrafish permits the identification of neuronal subtypes that express Hox4 paralogs. Developmental Dynamics. 2008; 237:2195-2208. [Abstract]
  • Bessa, J., Tavares, M., Santos, J., Kikuta, H., Laplante, M., Becker, T., Gómez-Skarmeta, J., Casares, F. meis1 regulates cyclin D1 and c-myc expression, and controls the proliferation of the multipotent cells in the early developing zebrafish eye. Development. 2008; 135:799-803. [Abstract]
  • Hoppmann, V., Wu, J., Søviknes, A., Helvik, J., Becker, T. Expression of the eight AMPA receptor subunit genes in the developing central nervous system and sensory organs of zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics. 2008; 237:788-799. [Abstract]
  • Pézeron, G., Mourrain, P., Courty, S., Ghislain, J., Becker, T., Rosa, F., David, N. Live analysis of endodermal layer formation identifies random walk as a novel gastrulation movement. Current Biology. 2008; 18:276-281. [Abstract]
  • Meijer, A., van der Sar, A., Cunha, C., Lamers, G., Laplante, M., Kikuta, H., Bitter, W., Becker, T., Spaink, H. Identification and real-time imaging of a myc-expressing neutrophil population involved in inflammation and mycobacterial granuloma formation in zebrafish. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 2008; 32:36-49. [Abstract]

2007

  
  • Weiner, A., Allende, M., Becker, T., Calcaterra, N. CNBP mediates neural crest cell expansion by controlling cell proliferation and cell survival during rostral head development. Journal of cellular biochemistry. 2007; 102:1553-1570. [Abstract]
  • Engström, P., Ho Sui, S., Drivenes, O., Becker, T., Lenhard, B. Genomic regulatory blocks underlie extensive microsynteny conservation in insects. Genome Research. 2007; 17:1898-908. [Abstract]
  • Becker, T., Lenhard, B. The random versus fragile breakage models of chromosome evolution: a matter of resolution. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 2007; 278:487-491. [Abstract]
  • Herpin, A., Lelong, C., Becker, T., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. A tolloid homologue from the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Gene expression patterns. 2007; 7:700-708. [Abstract]
  • Kikuta, H., Laplante, M., Navratilova, P., Komisarczuk, A., Engström, P., Fredman, D., Akalin, A., Caccamo, M., Sealy, I., Howe, K., Ghislain, J., Pezeron, G., Mourrain, P., Ellingsen, S., Oates, A., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Foucher, I., Adolf, B., Geling, A., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. Genomic regulatory blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates. Genome research. 2007; 17:545-555. [Abstract]
  • Shankaran, S., Sieger, D., Schröter, C., Czepe, C., Pauly, M., Laplante, M., Becker, T., Oates, A., Gajewski, M. Completing the set of h/E(spl) cyclic genes in zebrafish: her12 and her15 reveal novel modes of expression and contribute to the segmentation clock. Developmental biology. 2007; 304:615-632. [Abstract]
  • Kikuta, H., Fredman, D., Rinkwitz, S., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. Retroviral enhancer detection insertions in zebrafish combined with comparative genomics reveal genomic regulatory blocks - a fundamental feature of vertebrate genomes. Genome biology. 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S4. [Abstract]

2006

  
  • Pézeron, G., Anselme, I., Laplante, M., Ellingsen, S., Becker, T., Rosa, F., Charnay, P., Schneider-Maunoury, S., Mourrain, P., Ghislain, J. Duplicate sfrp1 genes in zebrafish: sfrp1a is dynamically expressed in the developing central nervous system, gut and lateral line. Gene Expression Patterns. 2006; 6:835-842. [Abstract]
  • Hadrys, T., Punnamoottil, B., Pieper, M., Kikuta, H., Pezeron, G., Becker, T., Prince, V., Baker, R., Rinkwitz, S. Conserved co-regulation and promoter sharing of hoxb3a and hoxb4a in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 2006; 297:26-43. [Abstract]
  • Stigloher, C., Ninkovic, J., Laplante, M., Geling, A., Tannhäuser, B., Topp, S., Kikuta, H., Becker, T., Houart, C., Bally-Cuif, L. Segregation of telencephalic and eye-field identities inside the zebrafish forebrain territory is controlled by Rx3. Development. 2006; 133:2925-2935. [Abstract]
  • Laplante, M., Kikuta, H., König, M., Becker, T. Enhancer detection in the zebrafish using pseudotyped murine retroviruses. Methods. 2006; 39:189-198. [Abstract]
  • Gómez-Skarmeta, J., Lenhard, B., Becker, T. New technologies, new findings, and new concepts in the study of vertebrate cis-regulatory sequences. Developmental Dynamics. 2006; 235:870-885. [Abstract]

2005

  
  • Amsterdam, A., Becker, T. Transgenes as screening tools to probe and manipulate the zebrafish genome. Developmental Dynamics. 2005; 234:255-268. [Abstract]
  • Ellingsen, S., Laplante, M., König, M., Kikuta, H., Furmanek, T., Hoivik, E., Becker, T. Large-scale enhancer detection in the zebrafish genome. Development. 2005; 132:3799-811. [Abstract]
  • Herpin, A., Lelong, C., Becker, T., Rosa, F., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. Structural and functional evidence for a singular repertoire of BMP receptor signal transducing proteins in the lophotrochozoan Crassostrea gigas suggests a shared ancestral BMP/activin pathway. The FEBS journal. 2005; 272:3424-3240. [Abstract]
  • Hardison, A., Lichten, L., Banerjee-Basu, S., Becker, T., Burgess, S. The zebrafish gene claudinj is essential for normal ear function and important for the formation of the otoliths. Mechanisms of development. 2005; 122:949-58. [Abstract]
  • Herpin, A., Lelong, C., Becker, T., Rosa, F., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. Structural and functional evidences for a type 1 TGF-beta sensu stricto receptor in the lophotrochozoan Crassostrea gigas suggest conserved molecular mechanisms controlling mesodermal patterning across bilateria. Mechanisms of development. 2005; 122:695-705. [Abstract]