ZFIN Person: Ho, Robert K.

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-249

Ho, Robert K.

Email:	rkh@uchicago.edu
URL:	http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/ho_r.html
Affiliation:	Robert Ho Lab
Address:	Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy University of Chicago 1027 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(773) 834-8423
Fax:	(773) 702-0037
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Anderson, E.B., Mao, Q., Ho, R.K. (2021) Tbx5a and Tbx5b paralogues act in combination to control separate vectors of migration in the fin field of zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 481:201-214

Mao, L.M.F., Boyle Anderson, E.A.T., Ho, R.K. (2021) Anterior lateral plate mesoderm gives rise to multiple tissues and requires tbx5a function in left-right asymmetry, migration dynamics, and cell specification of late-addition cardiac cells. Developmental Biology. 472:52-66

Quintanilla, C.A., Ho, R.K. (2020) The Cdx transcription factors and retinoic acid play parallel roles in antero-posterior position of the pectoral fin field during gastrulation. Mechanisms of Development. 164:103644

Boyle Anderson, E.A.T., Ho, R.K. (2018) A transcriptomics analysis of the Tbx5 paralogues in zebrafish. PLoS One. 13:e0208766

Steimle, J.D., Rankin, S.A., Slagle, C.E., Bekeny, J., Rydeen, A.B., Chan, S.S., Kweon, J., Yang, X.H., Ikegami, K., Nadadur, R.D., Rowton, M., Hoffmann, A.D., Lazarevic, S., Thomas, W., Boyle Anderson, E.A.T., Horb, M.E., Luna-Zurita, L., Ho, R.K., Kyba, M., Jensen, B., Zorn, A.M., Conlon, F.L., Moskowitz, I.P. (2018) Evolutionarily conserved Tbx5-Wnt2/2b pathway orchestrates cardiopulmonary development.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115(45):E10615-E10624

Zhao, B.S., Wang, X., Beadell, A.V., Lu, Z., Shi, H., Kuuspalu, A., Ho, R.K., He, C. (2017) m⁶A-dependent maternal mRNA clearance facilitates zebrafish maternal-to-zygotic transition.. Nature. 542(7642):475-478

Chang, J., Skromne, I., Ho, R.K. (2016) CDX4 and retinoic acid interact to position the hindbrain-spinal cord transition. Developmental Biology. 410(2):178-89

Mao, Q., Stinnett, H.K., Ho, R.K. (2015) Asymmetric cell convergence-driven fin bud initiation and pre-pattern requires Tbx5a control of a mesenchymal Fgf signal. Development (Cambridge, England). 142(24):4329-39

Warga, R.M., Mueller, R.L., Ho, R.K., and Kane, D.A. (2013) Zebrafish Tbx16 regulates intermediate mesoderm cell fate by attenuating Fgf activity. Developmental Biology. 383(1):75-89

Green, M.H., Ho, R.K., and Hale, M.E. (2011) Movement and function of the pectoral fins of the larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) during slow swimming. The Journal of experimental biology. 214(18):3111-3123

Mueller, R.L., Huang, C., and Ho, R.K. (2010) Spatio-temporal regulation of Wnt and retinoic acid signaling by tbx16/spadetail during zebrafish mesoderm differentiation. BMC Genomics. 11:492

Elsen, G.E., Choi, L.Y., Prince, V.E., and Ho, R.K. (2009) The autism susceptibility gene met regulates zebrafish cerebellar development and facial motor neuron migration. Developmental Biology. 335(1):78-92

Warga, R.M., Kane, D.A., and Ho, R.K. (2009) Fate mapping embryonic blood in zebrafish: multi- and unipotential lineages are segregated at gastrulation. Developmental Cell. 16(5):744-755

Ahn, D., and Ho, R.K. (2008) Tri-phasic expression of posterior Hox genes during development of pectoral fins in zebrafish: Implications for the evolution of vertebrate paired appendages. Developmental Biology. 322(1):220-233

Skromne, I., Thorsen, D., Hale, M., Prince, V.E., and Ho, R.K. (2007) Repression of the hindbrain developmental program by Cdx factors is required for the specification of the vertebrate spinal cord. Development (Cambridge, England). 134(11):2147-2158

Walton, R.Z., Bruce, A.E., Olivey, H.E., Najib, K., Johnson, V., Earley, J.U., Ho, R.K., and Svensson, E.C. (2006) Fog1 is required for cardiac looping in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 289(2):482-493

Oates, A.C., Rohde, L.A., and Ho, R.K. (2005) Generation of segment polarity in the paraxial mesoderm of the zebrafish through a T-box-dependent inductive event. Developmental Biology. 283(1):204-214

Bruce, A.E., Howley, C., Dixon Fox, M., and Ho, R.K. (2005) T-box gene eomesodermin and the homeobox-containing Mix/Bix gene mtx2 regulate epiboly movements in the zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 233(1):105-114

Oates, A.C., Mueller, C., and Ho, R.K. (2005) Cooperative function of deltaC and her7 in anterior segment formation. Developmental Biology. 280(1):133-149

Rohde, L.A., Oates, A.C., and Ho, R.K. (2004) A Crucial Interaction between Embryonic Red Blood Cell Progenitors and Paraxial Mesoderm Revealed in spadetail Embryos. Developmental Cell. 7(2):251-262

Bruce, A.E., Howley, C., Zhou, Y., Vickers, S.L., Silver, L.M., King, M.L., and Ho, R.K. (2003) The maternally expressed zebrafish T-box gene eomesodermin regulates organizer formation. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(22):5503-5517

Piotrowski, T., Ahn, D.-G., Schilling, T.F., Nair, S., Ruvinsky, I., Geisler, R., Rauch, G.-J., Haffter, P., Zon, L.I., Zhou, Y., Foott, H., Dawid, I.B., and Ho, R.K. (2003) The zebrafish van gogh mutation disrupts tbx1, which is involved in the DiGeorge deletion syndrome in humans. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(20):5043-5052

Byrd, S.M. and Ho, R.K. (2002) The role of bruno-like in early zebrafish development. Developmental Biology. 247(2):466-467

Skromne, I., Kikuchi, Y., Stainier, D., and Ho, R.K. (2002) The para-hox gene caudal is required for tail formation in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 247(2):472-473

Oates, A.C. and Ho, R.K. (2002) Redundancy between components of the segmentation oscillator and the Delta/Notch pathway protects the anterior somites of zebrafish from genetic perturbation. Developmental Biology. 247(2):516

Lieschke, G.J., Oates, A.C., Paw, B.H., Thompson, M.A., Hall, N.E., Ward, A.C., Ho, R.K., Zon, L.I., and Layton, J.E. (2002) Zebrafish SPI-1 (PU.1) marks a site of myeloid development independent of primitive erythropoiesis: implications for axial patterning. Developmental Biology. 246(2):274-295

Ahn, D.-G., Kourakis, M.J., Rohde, L.A., Silver, L.M., and Ho, R.K. (2002) T-box gene tbx5 is essential for formation of the pectoral limb bud. Nature. 417(6890):754-758

Oates, A.C. and Ho, R.K. (2002) Hairy/E(spl)-related (Her) genes are central components of the segmentation oscillator and display redundancy with the Delta/Notch signaling pathway in the formation of anterior segmental boundaries in the zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 129(12):2929-2946

Keegan, B.R., Feldman, J.L., Lee, D.H., Koos, D.S., Ho, R.K., Stainier, D.Y., and Yelon, D. (2002) The elongation factors Pandora/Spt6 and Foggy/Spt5 promote transcription in the zebrafish embryo. Development (Cambridge, England). 129(7):1623-1632

Oates, A.C., Pratt, S.J., Vail, B., Yan, Y.-L., Ho, R.K., Johnson, S.L., Postlethwait, J.H., and Zon, L.I. (2001) The zebrafish klf gene family. Blood. 98(6):1792-1801

Prince, V.E., Holley, S.A., Bally-Cuif, L., Prabhakaran, B., Oates, A.C., Ho, R.K., and Vogt, T.F. (2001) Zebrafish lunatic fringe demarcates segmental boundaries. Mechanisms of Development. 105(1-2):175-180

Bruce, A.E., Oates, A.C., Prince, V.E., and Ho, R.K. (2001) Additional hox clusters in the zebrafish: divergent expression patterns belie equivalent activities of duplicate hoxB5 genes. Evolution & development. 3(3):127-144

Oates, A.C., Bruce, A.E., and Ho, R.K. (2000) Too much interference: injection of double-stranded RNA has nonspecific effects in the zebrafish embryo. Developmental Biology. 224(1):20-28

Ahn, D., Ruvinsky, I., Oates, A.C., Silver, L.M., and Ho, R.K. (2000) tbx20, a new vertebrate T-box gene expressed in the cranial motor neurons and developing cardiovascular structures in zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development. 95(1-2):253-258

Yelon, D., Ticho, B., Halpern, M.E., Ruvinsky, I., Ho, R.K., Silver, L.M., and Stainier, D.Y. (2000) The bHLH transcription factor Hand2 plays parallel roles in zebrafish heart and pectoral fin development. Development (Cambridge, England). 127(12):2573-2582

Howley, C. and Ho, R.K. (2000) mRNA localization patterns in zebrafish oocytes. Mechanisms of Development. 92(2):305-309

Ruvinsky, I., Oates, A.C., Silver, L.M., and Ho, R.K. (2000) The evolution of paired appendages in vertebrates: T-box genes in the zebrafish. Development genes and evolution. 210(2):82-91

Koos, D.S. and Ho, R.K. (1999) The nieuwkoid/dharma homeobox gene is essential for bmp2b repression in the zebrafish pregastrula. Developmental Biology. 215(2):190-207

Roy, M.N., Prince, V.E., and Ho, R.K. (1999) Heat shock produces periodic somitic disturbances in the zebrafish embryo. Mechanisms of Development. 85(1-2):27-34

Bruce, A.E.E., Prince, V.E., and Ho, R.K. (1999) Comparison of expression and function of two hoxb5 paralogues in the zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 210:188

Amores, A., Force, A., Yan, Y.-L. Joly, L., Amemiya, C., Fritz, A., Ho, R., Langeland, J., Prince, V., Wang, Y.-L., Westerfield, M., Ekker, M., and Postlethwait, J.H. (1998) Zebrafish hox clusters and vertebrate genome evolution. Science (New York, N.Y.). 282:1711-1714

Koos, D.S. and Ho, R.K. (1998) The nieuwkoid gene characterizes and mediates a Nieuwkoop-center-like activity in the zebrafish. Current biology : CB. 8:1199-1206

Prince, V.E., Price, A.L., and Ho, R.K. (1998) Hox gene expression reveals regionalization along the anteroposterior axis of the zebrafish notochord. Development genes and evolution. 208:517-522

Bally-Cuif, L., Schatz, W.J., and Ho, R.K. (1998) Characterization of the zebrafish Orb/CPEB-related RNA-binding protein and localization of maternal components in the zebrafish oocyte. Mechanisms of Development. 77:31-47

Ruvinsky, I., Silver, L.M., and Ho, R.K. (1998) Characterization of the zebrafish tbx16 gene and evolution of the vertebrate T-box family. Development genes and evolution. 208:94-99

Prince, V.E., Moens, C.B., Kimmel, C.B., and Ho, R.K. (1998) Zebrafish hox genes: expression in the hindbrain region of wild-type and mutants of the segmentation gene valentino. Development (Cambridge, England). 125:393-406

Prince, V.E., Joly, L., Ekker, M., and Ho, R.K. (1998) Zebrafish hox genes: genomic organization and modified colinear expression patterns in the trunk. Development (Cambridge, England). 125:407-420

Kanki, J.P. and Ho, R.K. (1997) The development of the posterior body in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 124(4):881-893

Kozlowski, D.J., Murakami, T., Ho, R.K., and Weinberg, E.S. (1997) Regional cell movement and tissue patterning in the zebrafish embryo revealed by fate mapping with caged fluorescein. Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire. 75:551-562

Halpern, M.E., Thisse, C., Ho, R.K., Thisse, B., Riggleman, B., Trevarrow, B., Weinberg, E.S., Postlethwait, J.H., and Kimmel, C.B. (1995) Cell-autonomous shift from axial to paraxial mesodermal development in zebrafish floating head mutants. Development (Cambridge, England). 121:4257-4264

Sepich, D.S., Ho, R.K., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Autonomous expression of the nic1 acetylcholine receptor mutation in zebrafish muscle cells. Developmental Biology. 161:84-90

Halpern, M.E., Ho, R.K., Walker, C., and Kimmel, C.B. (1993) Induction of muscle pioneers and floor plate is distinguished by the zebrafish no tail mutation. Cell. 75:99-111

Ho, R.K. and Kimmel, C.B. (1993) Commitment of cell fate in the early zebrafish embryo. Science (New York, N.Y.). 261:109-111

Kimmel, C.B., Molven, A., Ellis, T.J., Hatta, K., Ho, R.K., Kane, D.A., Schilling, T.F., Walker, C., and Warga, R.M. (1993) Developmental and mutational analysis of body pattern formation: the zebrafish model. In Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Fish Development, Walther-B-T. and Fyhn-H-J., eds., Bergen, Norway: University of Bergen Press. :22-29

Schulte-Merker, S., Ho, R.K., Herrmann, B.G., and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (1992) The protein product of the zebrafish homologue of the mouse T gene is expressed in nuclei of the germ ring and the notochord of the early embryo. Development (Cambridge, England). 116:1021-1032

Ho, R.K. (1992) Axis formation in the embryo of the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. Sem. Dev. Biol.. 3:53-64

Ho, R.K. (1992) Cell movements and cell fate during zebrafish gastrulation. Development (Cambridge, England). (Suppl.) 116:65-73

Hatta, K., Kimmel, C.B., Ho, R.K., and Walker, C. (1991) The cyclops mutation blocks specification of the floor plate of the zebrafish central nervous system. Nature. 350:339-341

Kimmel, C.B., Kane, D.A., and Ho, R.K. (1991) Lineage specification during early embryonic development of the zebrafish. In Cell-Cell Interactions in Early Development, J. Gerhart, ed., Wiley, N.Y.. :203-225

Ho, R.K. and Kane, D.A. (1990) Cell-autonomous action of zebrafish spt-1 mutation in specific mesodermal precursors. Nature. 348:728-730

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