Research
General Information
ZIRC
ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-140
Devoto, Stephen Henri
Devoto Lab
Biology Department
Wesleyan University
237 Church St.
Middletown, CT
06459
USA
Phone: (860) 685-3461 Email: sdevoto@wesleyan.edu
FAX: (860) 685-3279 URL: http://sdevoto.web.wesleyan.edu/
Biography and Research Interests:

Publications:
Patterson, S.E., Mook, L.B., and Devoto, S.H (2008) Growth in the larval zebrafish pectoral fin and trunk musculature. Dev. Dyn.. 237(2):307-315
Stellabotte, F., and Devoto, S.H. (2007) The teleost dermomyotome. Dev. Dyn.. 236(9):2432-2443
Stellabotte, F., Dobbs-McAuliffe, B., Fernandez, D.A., Feng, X., and Devoto, S.H. (2007) Dynamic somite cell rearrangements lead to distinct waves of myotome growth. Development. 134(7):1253-1257
Devoto, S.H., Stoiber, W., Hammond, C.L., Steinbacher, P., Haslett, J.R., Barresi, M.J., Patterson, S.E., Adiarte, E.G., and Hughes, S.M. (2006) Generality of vertebrate developmental patterns: evidence for a dermomyotome in fish. Evol. Dev.. 8(1):101-110
Feng, X., Adiarte, E.G., and Devoto, S.H. (2006) Hedgehog acts directly on the zebrafish dermomyotome to promote myogenic differentiation. Dev. Biol.. 300(2):736-746
Hernandez, L.P., Patterson, S.E., and Devoto, S.H. (2005) The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles. Anat. Embryol. (Berl). 209(4):323-334
Hirsinger, E., Stellabotte, F., Devoto, S.H., and Westerfield, M. (2004) Hedgehog signaling is required for commitment but not initial induction of slow muscle precursors. Dev. Biol.. 275(1):143-157
D'Angelo, J.A., Acquista, D., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2002) Identification of cells that give rise to slow and fast muscle during postembryonic growth in zebrafish. Dev. Biol.. 247(2):500
Hernández, L.P., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2002) Functional morphology and developmental biology of zebrafish: reciprocal illumination from an unlikely couple. J. Int. Comp. Biol.. 42(2):222-231
Barresi, M.J.F., D'Angelo, J.A., Hernández, L.P., and Devoto, S.H. (2001) Distinct mechanisms regulate slow-muscle development. Curr. Biol.. 11(18):1432-1438
D'Angelo, J.A., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2001) When and where do zebrafish slow muscle precursors stop dividing?. Dev. Biol.. 235(1):180 (#41)
Barresi, M.J., Stickney, H.L., and Devoto, S.H. (2000) The zebrafish slow-muscle-omitted gene product is required for Hedgehog signal transduction and the development of slow muscle identity. Development. 127(10):2189-2199
Stickney, H.L., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2000) Somite development in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn.. 219(3):287-303
Du, S.J., S.H. Devoto, M. Westerfield, and R.T. Moon (1997) Positive and negative regulation of muscle cell identity by members of the hedgehog and TGF-b gene families. J. Cell Biol.. 139:145-156
Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Amacher, S.L., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Influence of axial mesoderm on the development of slow muscle precursors. Dev. Biol.. 175(2):386
Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Identification of separate slow and fast muscle precursor cells in vivo, prior to somite formation. Development. 122(11):3371-3380

Non-Zebrafish Publications:

Schwarz, J.K., S.H. Devoto, E.J. Smith, S.P. Chellappan, L. Jakoi, J.R. Nevins (1993). Interactions of the p107 and Rb proteins with E2F during the cell proliferation response. EMBO J. 12: 1013-20.
Devoto, S.H., M. Mudryj, J. Pines, T. Hunter, and J. R. Nevins (1992). A cyclin A-protein kinase complex possesses sequence-specific DNA binding activity: p33cdk2 is a component of the E2F-cyclin A complex. Cell 68:167-76.
Raychaudhuri, P., S. Bagchi, S.H. Devoto, V.B. Kraus, E. Moran, and J.R. Nevins (1991). Domains of the adenovirus E1A protein required for oncogenic activity are also required for dissociation of E2F transcription factor complexes. Genes & Devel. 5:1200-1211.
Nevins, J.R., M. Mudryj, S.P. Chellappan, S.W. Hiebert, S.H. Devoto, J. Pines, and T. Hunter (1991). E2F transcription factor is a target for the Rb protein and the cyclin A protein. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 56:157-162
Mudryj, M., S.H. Devoto, S.W. Hiebert, T. Hunter, J. Pines, J.R. Nevins (1991). Cell cycle regulation of the E2F transcription factor involves an interaction with cyclin A. Cell 65:1243-53. Weigel R.J., S.H. Devoto, and J.R. Nevins (1990). Adenovirus 12S E1A gene represses differentiation of F9 teratocarcinoma cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 87:9878-82.
Devoto, S.H. (1990). Neuronal growth cone migration. Experientia 46: 916-22.
Devoto, S.H., and C.J. Barnstable (1989). Expression of the growth cone specific epitope CDA 1 and the synaptic vesicle protein SVP38 in the developing mammalian cerebral cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 290: 154-68.
Barnstable, C.J., A.S. Blum, S.H. Devoto, D. Hicks, M.A. Morabito, J.R. Sparrow, J.E. Treisman (1988). Cell differentiation and pattern formation in the developing mammalian retina. Neurosci. Res. Suppl. 8: S27-41.
Devoto, S.H., and C.J. Barnstable (1987). SVP38: A synaptic vesicle protein whose appearance correlates closely with synaptogenesis in the rat nervous system. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 493:493-496.