ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-970410-15
Marc Ekker Lab
PI/Director: Ekker, Marc
Contact Person: Ekker, Marc
Email: mekker@uottawa.ca
URL: http://www.careg.uottawa.ca/home.htm
Address: Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics Department of Biology University of Ottawa 20, Marie Curie Ottawa, ON CANADA, K1N 6N5
Country: Canada
Phone: (613) 562-5800 ext 2605
Fax: (613) 562-5486
Line Designation: ot


GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
Function and regulation of dlx homeobox genes.

Evolution of duplicated hox genes through changes in regulation mechanisms.

Zebrafish models of neurological disorders.

Environmental factors and zebrafish sex determination.

Physical mapping of the zebrafish genome with a collection of zebrafish/mouse radiation hybrids.


LAB MEMBERS
Okamoto, Hiroyuki Post-Doc Poitras, Luc Post-Doc Burton, Lindsay Graduate Student
Jarinova, Olga Graduate Student MacDonald, Ryan Graduate Student Martin, Kyle Graduate Student
Paquette, Martin Graduate Student Shipley, Nick Graduate Student Xi, Yanwei Graduate Student
Hatch, Gary Technical Staff Saxena, Vishal Technical Staff


ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS
Yu, E.P.Y., Saxena, V., Perin, S., Ekker, M. (2023) Loss of dlx5a/dlx6a Locus Alters Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling and Meckel's Cartilage Morphology. Biomolecules. 13(9):
Ramachandran, D., Sharma, K., Saxena, V., Nipu, N., Rajapaksha, D.C., Mennigen, J.A. (2023) Knock-out of vasotocin reduces reproductive success in female zebrafish, Danio rerio. Frontiers in endocrinology. 14:11512991151299
Mohamed, W.M.Y., Ekker, M. (2023) Editorial: Zebrafish as a translational neuroscience model: today's science and tomorrow's success. Frontiers in Physiology. 14:12021981202198
Kalyn, M., Lee, H., Curry, J., Tu, W., Ekker, M., Mennigen, J.A. (2023) Effects of PFOS, F53-B and F53-B on locomotor behaviour, the dopamine system and mitochondrial function in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 326:121479
Joyce, W., Pan, Y.K., Garvey, K., Saxena, V., Perry, S.F. (2022) The regulation of heart rate following genetic deletion of the ß1 adrenergic receptor in larval zebrafish. Acta physiologica (Oxford, England). 235(4):e13849
Kalyn, M., Ekker, M. (2021) Cerebroventricular Microinjections of MPTP on Adult Zebrafish Induces Dopaminergic Neuronal Death, Mitochondrial Fragmentation, and Sensorimotor Impairments. Frontiers in neuroscience. 15:718244
Yu, E.P.Y., Perin, S., Saxena, V., Ekker, M. (2021) Novel cross-regulation interactions between dlx genes in larval zebrafish. Gene. 801:145848
Fasano, G., Godoy, R.S., Angiulli, E., Consalvo, A., Franco, C., Mancini, M., Santucci, D., Alleva, E., Ciavardelli, D., Toni, M., Biffali, E., Ekker, M., Canzoniero, L.M.T., Sordino, P. (2021) Effects of low-dose methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl-derived manganese on the development of diencephalic dopaminergic neurons in zebrafish. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 287:117151
Merhi, R., Kalyn, M., Zhu-Pawlowsky, A., Ekker, M. (2021) Loss of parla Function Results in Inactivity, Olfactory Impairment, and Dopamine Neuron Loss in Zebrafish. Biomedicines. 9(2):
Ekker, M. (2021) Visualizing traumatic brain injuries. eLIFE. 10
El-Sahli, S., Hua, K., Sulaiman, A., Chambers, J., Li, L., Farah, E., McGarry, S., Liu, D., Zheng, P., Lee, S.H., Cui, J., Ekker, M., Côté, M., Alain, T., Li, X., D'Costa, V.M., Wang, L., Gadde, S. (2021) A triple-drug nanotherapy to target breast cancer cells, cancer stem cells, and tumor vasculature. Cell Death & Disease. 12:8
Godoy, R., Hua, K., Kalyn, M., Cusson, V.M., Anisman, H., Ekker, M. (2020) Dopaminergic neurons regenerate following chemogenetic ablation in the olfactory bulb of adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Scientific Reports. 10:12825
Wong, C.E.D., Hua, K., Monis, S., Saxena, V., Norazit, A., Noor, S.M., Ekker, M. (2020) Gdnf affects early diencephalic dopaminergic neuron development through regulation of differentiation-associated transcription factors in zebrafish. Journal of neurochemistry. 156(4):481-498
Wong, C.E.D., Hua, K., Monis, S., Norazit, A., Noor, S.M., Ekker, M. (2020) Cellular Localization of gdnf in Adult Zebrafish Brain. Brain sciences. 10(5):
Kalyn, M., Hua, K., Mohd Noor, S., Wong, C.E.D., Ekker, M. (2019) Comprehensive Analysis of Neurotoxin-Induced Ablation of Dopaminergic Neurons in Zebrafish Larvae. Biomedicines. 8(1):
Chhabria, K., Vouros, A., Gray, C., MacDonald, R.B., Jiang, Z., Wilkinson, R.N., Plant, K., Vasilaki, E., Howarth, C., Chico, T.J.A. (2019) Sodium nitroprusside prevents the detrimental effects of glucose on the neurovascular unit and behaviour in zebrafish. Disease models & mechanisms. 12(9):
Kugler, E.C., van Lessen, M., Daetwyler, S., Chhabria, K., Savage, A.M., Silva, V., Plant, K., MacDonald, R.B., Huisken, J., Wilkinson, R.N., Schulte-Merker, S., Armitage, P., Chico, T.J. (2019) Cerebrovascular endothelial cells form transient Notch-dependent cystic structures in zebrafish. EMBO reports. 20:e47047
Narboux-Neme, N., Ekker, M., Levi, G., Heude, E. (2019) Posterior axis formation requires Dlx5/Dlx6 expression at the neural plate border. PLoS One. 14:e0214063
Johnstone, D.L., Al-Shekaili, H.H., Tarailo-Graovac, M., Wolf, N.I., Ivy, A.S., Demarest, S., Roussel, Y., Ciapaite, J., van Roermund, C.W.T., Kernohan, K.D., Kosuta, C., Ban, K., Ito, Y., McBride, S., Al-Thihli, K., Abdelrahim, R.A., Koul, R., Al Futaisi, A., Haaxma, C.A., Olson, H., Sigurdardottir, L.Y., Arnold, G.L., Gerkes, E.H., Boon, M., Heiner-Fokkema, M.R., Noble, S., Bosma, M., Jans, J., Koolen, D.A., Kamsteeg, E.J., Drögemöller, B., Ross, C.J., Majewski, J., Cho, M.T., Begtrup, A., Wasserman, W.W., Bui, T., Brimble, E., Violante, S., Houten, S.M., Wevers, R.A., van Faassen, M., Kema, I.P., Lepage, N., Care4Rare Canada Consortium, Lines, M.A., Dyment, D.A., Wanders, R.J.A., Verhoeven-Duif, N., Ekker, M., Boycott, K.M., Friedman, J.M., Pena, I.A., van Karnebeek, C.D.M. (2019) PLPHP deficiency: clinical, genetic, biochemical, and mechanistic insights. Brain : a journal of neurology. 142(3):542-559
Kosuta, C., Daniel, K., Johnstone, D.L., Mongeon, K., Ban, K., LeBlanc, S., MacLeod, S., Et-Tahiry, K., Ekker, M., MacKenzie, A., Pena, I. (2018) High-throughput DNA Extraction and Genotyping of 3dpf Zebrafish Larvae by Fin Clipping. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (136):
Pena, I.A., Roussel, Y., Daniel, K., Mongeon, K., Johnstone, D., Mendes, H.W., Bosma, M., Saxena, V., Lepage, N., Chakraborty, P., Dyment, D.A., van Karnebeek, C.D.M., Verhoeven-Duif, N., Bui, T.V., Boycott, K.M., Ekker, M., MacKenzie, A. (2017) Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy in Zebrafish Caused by Aldh7a1 Deficiency. Genetics. 207(4):1501-1518
Noble, S., Saxena, V., Ekker, M., Devlin, R. (2017) Expression of Thiaminase in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is Lethal and Has Implications for Use as a Biocontainment Strategy in Aquaculture and Invasive Species. Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.). 19(6):563-569
Solek, C.M., Feng, S., Perin, S., Weinschutz Mendes, H.C., Ekker, M. (2017) Lineage tracing of dlx1a/2a and dlx5a/6a expressing cells in the developing zebrafish brain. Developmental Biology. 427(1):131-147
MacDonald, R.B., Kashikar, N.D., Lagnado, L., Harris, W.A. (2017) A Novel Tool to Measure Extracellular Glutamate in the Zebrafish Nervous System In Vivo. Zebrafish. 14(3):284-286
Lalonde, R.L., Moses, D., Zhang, J., Cornell, N., Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.A. (2016) Differential actinodin1 regulation in zebrafish and mouse appendages. Developmental Biology. 417(1):91-103
Hanwell, D., Hutchinson, S.A., Collymore, C., Bruce, A.E., Louis, R., Ghalami, A., Allison, W.T., Ekker, M., Eames, B.F., Childs, S., Kurrasch, D.M., Gerlai, R., Thiele, T., Scott, I., Ciruna, B., Dowling, J.J., McFarlane, S., Huang, P., Wen, X.Y., Akimenko, M.A., Waskiewicz, A.J., Drapeau, P., Babiuk, L.A., Dragon, D., Smida, A., Buret, A.G., O'Grady, E., Wilson, J., Sowden-Plunkett, L., Tropepe, V. (2016) Restrictions on the Importation of Zebrafish into Canada Associated with Spring Viremia of Carp Virus. Zebrafish. 13 Suppl 1:S153-63
Huang, S.S., Noble, S., Godoy, R., Ekker, M., Chan, H.M. (2016) Delayed effects of methylmercury on the mitochondria of dopaminergic neurons and developmental toxicity in zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio). Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 175:73-80
Braasch, I., Gehrke, A.R., Smith, J.J., Kawasaki, K., Manousaki, T., Pasquier, J., Amores, A., Desvignes, T., Batzel, P., Catchen, J., Berlin, A.M., Campbell, M.S., Barrell, D., Martin, K.J., Mulley, J.F., Ravi, V., Lee, A.P., Nakamura, T., Chalopin, D., Fan, S., Wcisel, D., Cañestro, C., Sydes, J., Beaudry, F.E., Sun, Y., Hertel, J., Beam, M.J., Fasold, M., Ishiyama, M., Johnson, J., Kehr, S., Lara, M., Letaw, J.H., Litman, G.W., Litman, R.T., Mikami, M., Ota, T., Saha, N.R., Williams, L., Stadler, P.F., Wang, H., Taylor, J.S., Fontenot, Q., Ferrara, A., Searle, S.M., Aken, B., Yandell, M., Schneider, I., Yoder, J.A., Volff, J.N., Meyer, A., Amemiya, C.T., Venkatesh, B., Holland, P.W., Guiguen, Y., Bobe, J., Shubin, N.H., Di Palma, F., Alföldi, J., Lindblad-Toh, K., Postlethwait, J.H. (2016) The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons. Nature Genetics. 48(4):427-37
Solek, C., Feng, S., Mahoney, E., Ekker, M. (2015) Lineage tracing of neuronal progenitor cells expressing dlx genes in the zebrafish brain. International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. 47:40
Godoy, R., Noble, S., Yoon, K., Anisman, H., Ekker, M. (2015) Chemogenetic ablation of dopaminergic neurons leads to transient locomotor impairments in zebrafish larvae. Journal of neurochemistry. 135(2):249-60
Noble, S., Godoy, R., Affaticati, P., Ekker, M. (2015) Transgenic Zebrafish Expressing mCherry in the Mitochondria of Dopaminergic Neurons. Zebrafish. 12(5):349-56
MacDonald, R.B., Randlett, O., Oswald, J., Yoshimatsu, T., Franze, K., Harris, W.A. (2015) Müller glia provide essential tensile strength to the developing retina. The Journal of cell biology. 210:1075-83
Cheng, Y., Ekker, M., Chan, H.M. (2015) Relative developmental toxicities of pentachloroanisole and pentachlorophenol in a zebrafish model (Danio rerio). Ecotoxicology and environmental safety. 112C:7-14
Eisa-Beygi, S., Ekker, M., Moon, T.W., Macdonald, R.L., Wen, X.Y. (2014) Developmental processes regulated by the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) pathway: Highlights from animal studies. Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.). 46C:115-120
Heude, E., Shaikho, S., Ekker, M. (2014) The dlx5a/dlx6a Genes Play Essential Roles in the Early Development of Zebrafish Median Fin and Pectoral Structures. PLoS One. 9:e98505
Yossa, R., Sarker, P.K., Proulx, E., Saxena, V., Ekker, M., and Vandenburg, G.W. (2013) A Practical Approach for Sexing Zebrafish, Danio rerio. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 25:148-153
Kuroyanagi, M., Katayama, T., Imai, T., Yamamoto, Y., Chisada, S.I., Yoshiura, Y., Ushijima, T., Matsushita, T., Fujita, M., Nozawa, A., Suzuki, Y., Kikuchi, K., and Okamoto, H. (2013) New approach for fish breeding by chemical mutagenesis: establishment of TILLING method in fugu (Takifugu rubripes) with ENU mutagenesis. BMC Genomics. 14(1):786
MacDonald, R.B., Pollack, J.N., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Heude, E., Talbot, J.C., and Ekker, M. (2013) The ascl1a and dlx genes have a regulatory role in the development of GABAergic interneurons in the zebrafish diencephalon. Developmental Biology. 381(1):276-85
Debiais-Thibaud, M., Metcalfek, C.J., Pollack, J., Germon, I., Ekker, M., Depew, M., Laurenti, P., Borday-Birraux, V., and Casane, D. (2013) Heterogeneous conservation of dlx paralog co-expression in jawed vertebrates. PLoS One. 8(6):e68182
Randlett, O., MacDonald, R.B., Yoshimatsu, T., Almeida, A.D., Suzuki, S.C., Wong, R.O., Harris, W.A. (2013) Cellular requirements for building a retinal neuropil. Cell Reports. 3:282-90
Eisa-Beygi, S., Hatch, G., Noble, S., Ekker, M., and Moon, T.W. (2013) The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) pathway regulates developmental cerebral-vascular stability via prenylation-dependent signalling pathway. Developmental Biology. 373(2):258-266
Zhang, D., Xi, Y., Coccimiglio, M.L., Mennigen, J.A., Jonz, M., Ekker, M., and Trudeau, V.L. (2012) Functional prediction and physiological characterization of a novel short trans-membrane protein 1 (Stmp1) as a subunit of mitochondrial respiratory complexes. Physiological Genomics. 44(23):1133-1140
Noble, S., Ismail, A., Godoy, R., Xi, Y., and Ekker, M. (2012) Zebrafish Parla- and Parlb-deficiency affects dopaminergic neuron patterning and embryonic survival. Journal of neurochemistry. 122(1):196-207
Yossa, R., Sarker, P.K., Karanth, S., Ekker, M., and Vandenberg, G.W. (2011) Effects of dietary biotin and avidin on growth, survival, feed conversion, biotin status and gene expression of zebrafish Danio rerio. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology. 160(4):150-8
Xi, Y., Yu, M., Godoy, R., Hatch, G., Poitras, L., and Ekker, M. (2011) Transgenic zebrafish expressing green fluorescent protein in dopaminergic neurons of the ventral diencephalon. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 240(11):2539-47
Yu, M., Xi, Y., Pollack, J., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Macdonald, R.B., and Ekker, M. (2011) Activity of dlx5a/dlx6a regulatory elements during zebrafish GABAergic neuron development. International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. 29(7):681-91
Xi, Y., Noble, S., and Ekker, M. (2011) Modeling Neurodegeneration in Zebrafish. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 11(3):274-82
Steele, S.L., Ekker, M., and Perry, S.F. (2011) Interactive effects of development and hypoxia on catecholamine synthesis and cardiac function in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 181(4):527-38
Steele, S.L., Yang, X., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Schwerte, T., Pelster, B., Ekker, M., Tiberi, M., Perry, S.F. (2011) In vivo and in vitro assessment of cardiac {beta}-adrenergic receptors in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). The Journal of experimental biology. 214(9):1445-1457
Rouleau, M., Saxena, V., Rodrigue, A., Paquet, E.R., Gagnon, A., Hendzel, M.J., Masson, J.Y., Ekker, M., and Poirier, G.G. (2011) A Key Role for Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 3 in Ectodermal Specification and Neural Crest Development. PLoS One. 6(1):e15834
Kano, S., Xiao, J.H., Osorio, J., Ekker, M., Hadzhiev, Y., Muller, F., Casane, D., Magdelenat, G., and Retaux, S. (2010) Two lamprey hedgehog genes share non-coding regulatory sequences and expression patterns with gnathostome hedgehogs. PLoS One. 5(10):e13332
Macdonald, R.B., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Talbot, J.C., and Ekker, M. (2010) The relationship between dlx and gad1 expression indicates highly conserved genetic pathways in the zebrafish forebrain. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 239(8):2298-2306
MacDonald, R.B., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Martin, K., Poitras, L., Tay, B.H., Venkatesh, B., and Ekker, M. (2010) Functional conservation of a forebrain enhancer from the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii) in zebrafish and mice. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10:157
MacDonald, R. B., Debiais-Thibaud, M., Ekker, M. (2010) Regulation of Dlx gene expression in the zebrafish pharyngeal arches: from conserved enhancer sequences to conserved activity. Zeitschrift fur angewandte Ichthyologie = Journal of applied ichthyology. 26(2):187-191
Xi, Y., Ryan, J., Noble, S., Yu, M., Yilbas, A.E., and Ekker, M. (2010) Impaired dopaminergic neuron development and locomotor function in zebrafish with loss of pink1 function. The European journal of neuroscience. 31(4):623-633
Bayaa, M., Vulesevic, B., Esbaugh, A., Braun, M., Ekker, M.E., Grosell, M., and Perry, S.F. (2009) The involvement of SLC26 anion transporters in chloride uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae. The Journal of experimental biology. 212(Pt 20):3283-3295
Steele, S.L., Lo, K.H., Li, V.W., Cheng, S.H., Ekker, M., and Perry, S.F. (2009) Loss of M2 muscarinic receptor function inhibits development of hypoxic bradycardia and alters cardiac {beta}-adrenergic sensitivity in larval zebrafish Danio rerio. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 297(2):R412-R420
Braun, M.H., Steele, S.L., Ekker, M., and Perry, S.F. (2009) Nitrogen excretion in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio): A role for Rh proteins and urea transporters. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology. 296(5):F994-F1005
Jarinova, O., Hatch, G., Poitras, L., Prudhomme, C., Grzyb, M., Aubin, J., Bérubé-Simard, F.A., Jeannotte, L., and Ekker, M. (2008) Functional resolution of duplicated hoxb5 genes in teleosts. Development (Cambridge, England). 135(21):3543-3553
Sperber, S.M., Saxena, V., Hatch, G., and Ekker, M. (2008) Zebrafish dlx2a contributes to hindbrain neural crest survival, is necessary for differentiation of sensory ganglia and functions with dlx1a in maturation of the arch cartilage elements. Developmental Biology. 314(1):59-70
Coverdale, L.E., Burton, L.E., and Martin, C.C. (2008) High-throughput whole mount in situ hybridization of zebrafish embryos for analysis of tissue-specific gene expression changes after environmental perturbation. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 410:3-14
Martyniuk, C.J., Gerrie, E.R., Popesku, J.T., Ekker, M., and Trudeau, V.L. (2007) Microarray analysis in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) liver and telencephalon after exposure to low concentration of 17alpha-ethinylestradiol. Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 84(1):38-49
Liu, R.Z., Saxena, V., Sharma, M.K., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Denovan-Wright, E.M.,Wright, J.M. (2007) The fabp4 gene of zebrafish (Danio rerio)--genomic homology with the mammalian FABP4 and divergence from the zebrafish fabp3 in developmental expression. The FEBS journal. 274(6):1621-1633
Wang, H., Lee, E.M., Sperber, S.M., Lin, S., Ekker, M., and Long, Q. (2007) Isolation and expression of zebrafish zinc-finger transcription factor gene tsh1. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 7(3):318-322
Padhi, B.K., Akimenko, M.A., and Ekker, M. (2006) Independent expansion of the keratin gene family in teleostean fish and mammals: An insight from phylogenetic analysis and radiation hybrid mapping of keratin genes in zebrafish. Gene. 368:37-45
Tostivint, H., Joly, L., Lihrmann, I., Parmentier, C., Lebon, A., Morisson, M., Calas, A., Ekker, M., and Vaudry, H. (2006) Comparative genomics provides evidence for close evolutionary relationships between the urotensin II and somatostatin gene families. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103(7):2237-2247
Tostivint, H., Joly, L., Lihrmann, I., Conlon, J.M., Ekker, M., and Vaudry, H. (2005) Linkage mapping of the [pro2]somatostatin-14 gene in zebrafish: evolutionary perspectives. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1040:486-489
Sharma, M.K., Saxena, V., Liu, R.Z., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Denovan-Wright, E.M., and Wright, J.M. (2005) Differential expression of the duplicated cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 2 genes (crabp2a and crabp2b) during zebrafish embryonic development. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 5(3):371-379
Saxena, V. (2005) Expression and promoter analysis of four zebrafish (Danio rerio) intracellular lipid-binding portein (iLBP) genes in embryos and cell culture. Master's Thesis. :98p
Tostivint, H., Joly, L., Lihrmann, I., Ekker, M., and Vaudry, H. (2004) Chromosomal localization of three somatostatin genes in zebrafish. Evidence that the [Pro2]-somatostatin-14 isoform and cortistatin are encoded by orthologous genes. Journal of molecular endocrinology. 33(3):1-8
Padhi, B.K., Joly, L., Tellis, P., Smith, A., Nanjappa, P., Chevrette, M., Ekker, M., and Akimenko, M.A. (2004) Screen for genes differentially expressed during regeneration of the zebrafish caudal fin. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 231(3):527-541
Hsiao, C.D., Ekker, M., and Tsai, H.J. (2003) Skin-specific expression of ictacalcin, a homolog of the S100 genes, during zebrafish embryogenesis. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(4):745-750
Bischof, J.M., Ekker, M., and Wevrick, R. (2003) A MAGE/NDN-like gene in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(3):475-479
Ghanem, N., Jarinova, O., Amores, A., Long, Q., Hatch, G., Park, B.K., Rubenstein, J.L., and Ekker, M. (2003) Regulatory roles of conserved intergenic domains in vertebrate dlx bigene clusters. Genome research. 13(4):533-543
Liu, L., Korzh, V., Balasubramaniyan, N.V., Ekker, M., and Ge, R. (2002) Platelet-derived growth factor A (pdgf-a) expression during zebrafish embryonic development. Development genes and evolution. 212(6):298-301
Stuhmer, T., Puelles, L., Ekker, M., and Rubenstein, J.L. (2002) Expression from a Dlx gene enhancer marks adult mouse cortical GABAergic neurons. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). 12(1):75-85
Hukriede, N., Fisher, D., Epstein, J., Joly, L., Tellis, P., Zhou, Y., Barbazuk, B., Cox, K., Fenton-Noriega, L., Hersey, C., Miles, J., Sheng, X., Song, A., Waterman, R., Johnson, S.L., Dawid, I.B., Chevrette, M., Zon, L.I., McPherson, J., and Ekker, M. (2001) The LN54 radiation hybrid map of zebrafish expressed sequences. Genome research. 11(12):2127-2132
Sleptsova-Friedrich, I., Li, Y., Emelyanov, A., Ekker, M., Korzh, V., and Ge, R. (2001) fgfr3 and regionalization of anterior neural tube in zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development. 102(1-2):213-217
Cadieux, B., James, S., Fryer, J.N., Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.-A., and Bennett, H.P.J. (2001) Characterization and tissue distribution of zebrafish granulins: Growth factors with possible roles in development and fin regeneration. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 15(5):A746
Quint, E., Zerucha, T., and Ekker, M. (2000) Differential expression of orthologous Dlx genes in zebrafish and mice: implications for the evolution of the Dlx homeobox gene family. The Journal of experimental zoology. 288(3):235-241
Long, Q., Quint, E., Lin, S., and Ekker, M. (2000) The zebrafish scyba gene encodes a novel CXC-type chemokine with distinctive expression patterns in the vestibulo-acoustic system during embryogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 97(1-2):183-186
Chevrette, M., Joly, L., Tellis, P., Knapik, E.W., Miles, J., Fishman, M., and Ekker, M. (2000) Characterization of a zebrafish/mouse somatic cell hybrid panel. Genomics. 64(1):119-26
Zerucha, T., Stuhmer, T., Hatch, G., Park, B.K., Long, Q., Yu, G., Gambarotta, A., Schultz, J.R., Rubenstein, J.L., and Ekker, M. (2000) A highly conserved enhancer in the Dlx5/Dlx6 intergenic region is the site of cross-regulatory interactions between dlx genes in the embryonic forebrain. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 20(2):709-721
Zerucha, T. and Ekker, M. (2000) Distal-less-related homeobox genes of vertebrates: evolution, function, and regulation. Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire. 78(5):593-601
Hukriede N,A., Joly, L., Tsang, M., Miles, J., Tellis, P., Epstein, J.A., Barbazuk, W.B., Li, F.N., Paw, B., Postlethwait, J.H., Hudson, T.J., Zon, L.I., McPherson, J.D., Chevrette, M., Dawid, I.B., Johnson, S.L., and Ekker, M. (1999) Radiation hybrid mapping of the zebrafish genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96(17):9745-9750
Connors, S.A., Trout, J., Ekker, M., and Mullins, M.C. (1999) The role of tolloid/mini fin in dorsoventral pattern formation of the zebrafish embryo. Development (Cambridge, England). 126(14):3119-3130
Martin, C.C., Laforest, L., Akimenko, M.-A., and Ekker, M. (1999) A role for DNA methylation in gastrulation and somite patterning. Developmental Biology. 206:189-205
Ekker, M. (1999) Saving zebrafish mutants. BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. 21:94-98
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