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ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-601
Wegner, Jeremy
Westerfield Lab
Institute of Neuroscience
1254 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403-1254
USA
Phone: (541) 346-4596 Email: wegner@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
FAX: (541) 346-4548 URL:
Biography and Research Interests:

Publications:
Toro, S., Wegner, J., Muller, M., Westerfield, M., and Varga, Z.M. (2009) Identification of differentially expressed genes in the zebrafish hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Gene Expr. Patterns. 9(4):200-208
Nixon, S.J., Carter, A., Wegner, J., Ferguson, C., Floetenmeyer, M., Riches, J., Key, B., Westerfield, M., and Parton, R.G. (2007) Caveolin-1 is required for lateral line neuromast and notochord development. J. Cell Sci.. 120(13):2151-2161
Nixon, S.J., Wegner, J., Ferguson, C., Méry, P.F., Hancock, J.F., Currie, P.D., Key, B., Westerfield, M., and Parton, R.G. (2005) Zebrafish as a model for caveolin-associated muscle disease; caveolin-3 is required for myofibril organization and muscle cell patterning. Hum. Mol. Genet.. 14(13):1727-1743
Varga, Z.M., Wegner, J., and Westerfield, M. (1999) Anterior movement of ventral diencephalic precursors separates the primordial eye field in the neural plate and requires cyclops. Development. 126:5533-5546
Sepich, D.S., Wegner, J., O'Shea, S., and Westerfield, M. (1998) An altered intron inhibits synthesis of the acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit in the paralyzed zebrafish mutant nic1. Genetics. 184:361-372
Akimenko, M.A., Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Lin, W., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Combinatorial expression of three zebrafish genes related to distal-less: part of a homeobox gene code for the head. J. Neurosci.. 14:3475-3486
Reinhard, E., Nedivi, E., Wegner, J., Skene, J.H.P., and Westerfield, M. (1994) Neural selective activation and temporal regulation of a mammalian GAP-43 promoter in zebrafish. Development. 120:1767-1775
Westerfield, M., Stuart, G., and Wegner, J. (1993) Expression of foreign genes in zebrafish embryos. In Devel. Ind. Microbiol., Vol II, William C. Brown, ed., New York. 658-665
Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Akimenko, M.A., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Coordinate embryonic expression of three zebrafish engrailed genes. Development. 116:1001-1010
Westerfield, M., Wegner, J., Jegalian, B.G., De Robertis, E.M., and Püschel, A.W. (1992) Specific activation of mammalian Hox promoters in mosaic transgenic zebrafish. Genes Dev.. 6:591-598
Westerfield, M., Wegner, J., Akimenko, M., Ekker, M., Eisen, J., and Halpern, M. (1991) A role for engrailed gene in zebrafish muscle patterning. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 17:761

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