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ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-638
Driever, Wolfgang
Driever Lab
Abteilung Entwicklungsbiologie
Institut für Biologie 1
Universität Freiburg
Hauptstrasse 1
Freiburg, D-79104
Germany
Phone: 49-761-203-2587 Email: driever@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
FAX: 49-761-203-2597 URL: http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/data/bio1/driever/index.htm
Biography and Research Interests:

Publications:
Filippi, A., Mahler, J., Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2010) Expression of the paralogous tyrosine hydroxylase encoding genes th1 and th2 reveals the full complement of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons in zebrafish larval and juvenile brain. J. Comp. Neurol.. 518(4):423-438
Kastenhuber, E., Kratochwil, C.F., Ryu, S., Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2010) Genetic dissection of dopaminergic and noradrenergic contributions to catecholaminergic tracts in early larval zebrafish. J. Comp. Neurol.. 518(4):439-458
Onichtchouk, D., Geier, F., Polok, B., Messerschmidt, D., Mössner, R., Wendik, B., Song, S., Taylor, V., Timmer, J., and Driever, W. (2010) Zebrafish Oct4/Pou5f1-dependent transcriptional networks in temporal control of early development. Mol. Sys. Biol.. :
Bader, H.L., Keene, D.R., Charvet, B., Veit, G., Driever, W., Koch, M., and Ruggiero, F. (2009) Zebrafish collagen XII is present in embryonic connective tissue sheaths (fascia) and basement membranes. Matrix Biol.. 28(1):32-43
Emmenlauer, M., Ronneberger, O., Ponti, A., Schwarb, P., Griffa, A., Filippi, A., Nitschke, R., Driever, W., and Burkhardt, H. (2009) XuvTools: free, fast and reliable stitching of large 3D datasets. J. Microsc.. 233(Pt 1):42-60
Löhr, H., Ryu, S., and Driever, W. (2009) Zebrafish diencephalic A11-related dopaminergic neurons share a conserved transcriptional network with neuroendocrine cell lineages. Development. 136(6):1007-1017
Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2009) Development of the dopamine systems in zebrafish. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol.. 651:1-14
Tiso, N., Filippi, A., Benato, F., Negrisolo, E., Modena, N., Vaccari, E., Driever, W., and Argenton, F. (2009) Differential expression and regulation of olig genes in zebrafish. J. Comp. Neurol.. 515(3):378-396
Isken, A., Golczak, M., Oberhauser, V., Hunzelmann, S., Driever, W., Imanishi, Y., Palczewski, K., and von Lintig, J. (2008) RBP4 Disrupts Vitamin A Uptake Homeostasis in a STRA6-Deficient Animal Model for Matthew-Wood Syndrome. Cell Metab.. 7(3):258-268
Lachnit, M., Kur, E., and Driever, W. (2008) Alterations of the cytoskeleton in all three embryonic lineages contribute to the epiboly defect of Pou5f1/Oct4 deficient MZspg zebrafish embryos. Dev. Biol.. 315(1):1-17
Meng, S., Ryu, S., Zhao, B., Zhang, D.Q., Driever, W., and McMahon, D.G. (2008) Targeting retinal dopaminergic neurons in tyrosine hydroxylase-driven green fluorescent protein transgenic zebrafish. Mol. Vis.. 14:2475-2483
Webb, A.E., Driever, W., and Kimelman, D. (2008) psoriasis regulates epidermal development in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn.. 237(4):1153-1164
Brockschmidt, A., Todt, U., Ryu, S., Hoischen, A., Landwehr, C., Birnbaum, S., Frenck, W., Radlwimmer, B., Lichter, P., Engels, H., Driever, W., Kubisch, C.,and Weber, R.G. (2007) Severe mental retardation with breathing abnormalities (Pitt-Hopkins syndrome) is caused by haploinsufficiency of the neuronal bHLH transcription factor TCF4. Hum. Mol. Genet.. 16(12):1488-1494
Filippi, A., Duerr, K., Ryu, S., Willaredt, M., Holzschuh, J., and Driever, W. (2007) Expression and function of nr4a2, lmx1b, and pitx3 in zebrafish dopaminergic and noradrenergic neuronal development. BMC Dev. Biol.. 7(1):135
Mahler, J., and Driever, W. (2007) Expression of the zebrafish intermediate neurofilament Nestin in the developing nervous system and in neural proliferation zones at postembryonic stages. BMC Dev. Biol.. 7(1):89
Ryu, S., Mahler, J., Acampora, D., Holzschuh, J., Erhardt, S., Omodei, D., Simeone, A., and Driever, W. (2007) Orthopedia Homeodomain Protein Is Essential for Diencephalic Dopaminergic Neuron Development. Curr. Biol.. 17(10):873-880
Webb, A.E., Sanderford, J., Frank, D., Talbot, W.S., Driever, W., and Kimelman, D. (2007) Laminin alpha5 is essential for the formation of the zebrafish fins. Dev. Biol.. 311(2):369-382
Chapouton, P., Adolf, B., Leucht, C., Tannhauser, B., Ryu, S., Driever, W., Bally-Cuif, L. (2006) her5 expression reveals a pool of neural stem cells in the adult zebrafish midbrain. Development. 133(21):4293-4303
Durr, K., Holzschuh, J., Filippi, A., Ettl, A.K., Ryu, S., Shepherd, I.T., and Driever, W. (2006) Differential roles of transcriptional mediator complex subunits Crsp34/Med27, Crsp150/Med14, and Trap100/Med24 during zebrafish retinal development. Genetics. 174(2):693-705
Ellertsdottir, E., Ganz, J., Durr, K., Loges, N., Biemar, F., Seifert, F., Ettl, A.K., Kramer-Zucker, A.K., Nitschke, R., and Driever, W. (2006) A mutation in the zebrafish Na,K-ATPase subunit atp1a1a.1 provides genetic evidence that the sodium potassium pump contributes to left-right asymmetry downstream or in parallel to nodal flow. Dev. Dyn.. 235(7):1794-1808
Ettl, A.K., Holzschuh, J., and Driever, W. (2006) The zebrafish mutation m865 affects formation of dopaminergic neurons and neuronal survival, and maps to a genetic interval containing the sepiapterin reductase locus. Anat. Embryol. (Berl). 211(7):73-86
Ryu, S., and Driever, W. (2006) Minichromosome maintenance proteins as markers for proliferation zones during embryogenesis. Cell Cycle. 5(11):1140-1142
Ryu, S., Holzschuh, J., Mahler, J., and Driever, W. (2006) Genetic analysis of dopaminergic system development in zebrafish. J. Neural Transm. Suppl.. 70:61-66
Ryu, S., Holzschuh, J., Erhardt, S., Ettl, A.K., and Driever, W. (2005) Depletion of minichromosome maintenance protein 5 in the zebrafish retina causes cell-cycle defect and apoptosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102(51):18467-18472
Simons, M., Gloy, J., Ganner, A., Bullerkotte, A., Bashkurov, M., Kronig, C., Schermer, B., Benzing, T., Cabello, O.A., Jenny, A., Mlodzik, M., Polok, B., Driever, W., Obara, T., and Walz, G. (2005) Inversin, the gene product mutated in nephronophthisis type II, functions as a molecular switch between Wnt signaling pathways. Nat. Genet.. 37(5):537-543
Barrallo Gimeno, A., Holzschuh, J., Driever, W., and Knapik, E.W. (2004) Neural crest survival and differentiation in zebrafish depends on mont blanc/tfap2a gene function. Development. 131(7):1463-1477
Bischof, J., and Driever, W. (2004) Regulation of hhex expression in the yolk syncytial layer, the potential Nieuwkoop center homolog in zebrafish. Dev. Biol.. 276(2):552-562
Gnügge, L., Meyer, D., and Driever, W. (2004) Pancreas development in zebrafish. The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology,2nd Ed. Methods Cell Biol.. 76:531-551
Lunde, K., Belting, H.G., and Driever, W. (2004) Zebrafish pou5f1/pou2, homolog of mammalian Oct4, functions in the endoderm specification cascade. Curr. Biol.. 14(1):48-55
Holzschuh, J., Barrallo Gimeno, A., Ettl, A.K., Durr, K., Knapik, E.W., and Driever, W. (2003) Noradrenergic neurons in the zebrafish hindbrain are induced by retinoic acid and require tfap2a for expression of the neurotransmitter phenotype. Development. 130(23):5741-5754
Holzschuh, J., Hauptmann, G., and Driever, W. (2003) Genetic analysis of the roles of Hh, FGF8, and nodal signaling during catecholaminergic system development in the zebrafish brain. J. Neurosci.. 23(13):5507-5519
Lampert, J.M., Holzschuh, J., Hessel, S., Driever, W., Vogt, K., and von Lintig, J. (2003) Provitamin A conversion to retinal via the beta,beta-carotene-15,15'-oxygenase (bcox) is essential for pattern formation and differentiation during zebrafish embryogenesis. Development. 130(10):2173-2186
Leung, T., Bischof, J., Söll, I., Niessing, D., Zhang, D., Ma, J., Jäckle, H., and Driever, W. (2003) bozozok directly represses bmp2b transcription and mediates the earliest dorsoventral asymmetry of bmp2b expression in zebrafish. Development. 130(16):3639-3649
Leung, T., Söll, I., Arnold, S.J., Kemler, R., and Driever, W. (2003) Direct binding of Lef1 to sites in the boz promoter may mediate pre-midblastula-transition activation of boz expression. Dev. Dyn.. 228(3):424-432
Momoi, A., Yoda, H., Steinbeisser, H., Fagotto, F., Kondoh, H., Kudo, A., Driever, W., and Furutani-Seiki, M. (2003) Analysis of Wnt8 for neural posteriorizing factor by identifying Frizzled 8c and Frizzled 9 as functional receptors for Wnt8. Mech. Dev.. 120(4):477-489
Onichtchouk, D., Aduroja, K., Belting, H.G., Gnügge, L., and Driever, W. (2003) Transgene driving GFP expression from the promoter of the zona pellucida gene zpc is expressed in oocytes and provides an early marker for gonad differentiation in zebrafish. Dev. Dyn.. 228(3):393-404
Yoda, H., Momoi, A., Esguerra, C.V., Meyer, D., Driever, W., Kondoh, H., and Furutani-Seiki, M. (2003) An expression pattern screen for genes involved in the induction of the posterior nervous system of zebrafish. Differentiation.. 71(2):152-162
Biemar, F., Baraldi, F., Devos, N., Holzschuh, J., Martial, J.A., Driever, W., and Peers, B. (2002) Analysis of meis genes expression in zebrafish suggests a role in the development of organs derived from the endoderm. Dev. Biol.. 247(2):495
Hauptmann, G., Belting, H.-G., Wolke, U., Lunde, K., Söll, I., Abdelilah-Seyfried, S., Prince, V., and Driever, W. (2002) spiel ohne grenzen/pou2 is required for zebrafish hindbrain segmentation. Development. 129(7):1645-1655
Belting, H.G., Hauptmann, G., Meyer, D., Abdelilah-Seyfried, S., Chitnis, A., Eschbach, C., Söll, I., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Artinger, K., Lunde, K., and Driever, W. (2001) spiel ohne grenzen/pou2 is required during establishment of the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary organizer. Development. 128(21):4165-4176
Biemar, F., Argenton, F., Schmidtke, R., Epperlein, S., Peers, B., and Driever, W. (2001) Pancreas development in zebrafish: early dispersed appearance of endocrine hormone expressing cells and their convergence to form the definitive islet. Dev. Biol.. 230(2):189-203
Biemar, F., Devos, N., Martial, J.A., Driever, W., and Peers, B. (2001) Cloning and expression of the TALE superclass homeobox Meis2 gene during zebrafish embryonic development. Mech. Dev.. 109(2):427-431
Holzschuh, J., Ryu, S., Aberger, F., and Driever, W. (2001) Dopamine transporter expression distinguishes dopaminergic neurons from other catecholaminergic neurons in the developing zebrafish embryo. Mech. Dev.. 101(1-2):237-243
Solnica-Krezel, L. and Driever, W. (2001) The role of the homeodomain protein Bozozok in zebrafish axis formation. Int. J. Dev. Biol.. 299-310
Driever, W. (2000) Developmental biology. Bringing two hearts together. Nature. 406(6792):141-142
Kim, C.H., Oda, T., Itoh, M., Jiang, D., Artinger, K.B., Chandrasekharappa, S.C., Driever, W., and Chitnis, A.B. (2000) Repressor activity of Headless/Tcf3 is essential for vertebrate head formation. Nature. 407(6806):913-916
Pogoda, H.M., Solnica-Krezel, L., Driever, W., and Meyer, D. (2000) The zebrafish forkhead transcription factor FoxH1/Fast1 is a modulator of Nodal signaling required for organizer formation. Curr. Biol.. 10(17):1041-1049
Saude, L., Woolley, K., Martin, P., Driever, W., and Stemple, D.L. (2000) Axis-inducing activities and cell fates of the zebrafish organizer. Development. 127(16):3407-3417
Artinger, K.B., Chitnis, A.B., Mercola, M., and Driever, W. (1999) Zebrafish narrowminded suggests a genetic link between formation of neural crest and primary sensory neurons. Development. 126(18):3969-3979
Fekany, K., Yamanaka, Y., Leung, T., Sirotkin, H.I., Topczewski, J., Gates, M.A., Hibi, M., Renucci, A., Stemple, D., Radbill, A., Schier, A.F., Driever, W., Hirano, T., Talbot, W.S., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (1999) The zebrafish bozozok locus encodes Dharma, a homeodomain protein essential for induction of gastrula organizer and dorsoanterior embryonic structures. Development. 126:1427-1438
Guo, S., Wilson, S.W., Cooke, S., Chitnis, A.B., Driever, W., and Rosenthal, A. (1999) Mutations in the zebrafish unmask shared regulatory pathways controlling the development of catecholaminergic neurons. Dev. Biol.. 208:473-487
Malicki, J. and Driever, W. (1999) oko meduzy mutations affect neuronal patterning in the zebrafish retina and reveal cell-cell interactions of the retinal neuroepithelial sheet. Development. 126:1235-1246
Drummond, I.A., Majumdar, A., Hentschel, H., Elger, M., Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., Neuhauss, S.C., Stemple, D.L., Zwartkruis, F., Rangini, Z., Driever, W., and Fishman, M.C. (1998) Early development of the zebrafish pronephros and analysis of mutations affecting pronephric function. Development. 125:4655-4667
Knapik, E.W., Goodman, A., Ekker, M., Chevrette, M., Delgado, J., Neuhauss, S., Shimoda, N., Driever, W., Fishman, M.C., and Jacob, H.J. (1998) A microsatellite genetic linkage map for zebrafish (Danio rerio). Nature Genet.. 18:338-343
Marlow, F., Zwartkruis, F., Malicki, J., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Abbas, L., Weaver, M., Driever, W., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (1998) Functional interactions of genes mediating convergent extension, knypek and trilobite, during the partitioning of the eye primordium in zebrafish. Dev. Biol.. 203:382-399
Raz, E., Zlokarnik, G., Tsien, R.Y., and Driever, W. (1998) ß-lactamase as a marker for gene expression in live zebrafish embryos. Dev. Biol.. 203:290-294
Abdelilah, S. and Driever, W. (1997) Pattern formation in janus-mutant zebrafish embryos. Dev. Biol.. 184(1):70-84
Driever, W., Solnica-Krezel, L., Abdelilah, S., Meyer, D., and Stemple, D. (1997) Genetic analysis of pattern formation in the zebrafish neural plate. Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol.. 62:523-534
Raz, E., Van Luenen, H.G.A.M., Schaerringer, B., Plasterk, R.H.A., and Driever, W. (1997) Transposition of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Tc3 element in the zebrafish Danio rerio. Curr. Biol.. 8:82-88
Rodriguez, M. and Driever, W. (1997) Mutations resulting in transient and localized degeneration in the developing zebrafish brain. Biochem. Cell Biol.. 75:579-600
Schier, A.F., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Helde, K.A., Talbot, W.S., and Driever, W. (1997) The one-eyed pinhead gene functions in mesoderm and endoderm formation in zebrafish and interacts with no tail. Development. 124(2):327-342
Westerfield, M., E. Doerry, A.E. Kirkpatrick, W. Driever, and S.A. Douglas (1997) An on-line database for zebrafish development and genetics research. Sem. Cell Dev. Biol.. 8:477-488
Abdelilah, S., Mountcastle-Shah, E., Harvey, M., Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., Stemple, D.L., Malicki, J., Neuhauss, S.C., Zwartkruis, F., Stainier, D.Y., Rangini, Z., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting neural survival in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Development. 123:217-227
Driever, W. and Fishman, M.C. (1996) The zebrafish: heritable disorders in transparent embryos. J. Clin. Invest. 97:1788-1794. J. Clin. Invest. (11 Suppl) 98:S41-S46.
Driever, W., Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., Neuhauss, S.C., Malicki, J., Stemple, D.L., Stainier, D.Y., Zwartkruis, F., Abdelilah, S., Rangini, Z., Belak, J., and Boggs, C. (1996) A genetic screen for mutations affecting embryogenesis in zebrafish. Development. 123:37-46
Knapik, E.W., Goodman, A., Atkinson, O.S., Roberts, C.T., Shiozawa, M., Sim, C.U., Weksler-Zagen, S., Trolliet, M.R., Futrell, C., Innes, B.A., Koike, G., McLaughlin, M., Pierre, L., Simon, J.S., Vilallonga, E., Roy, M., Chiang, P.W., Fishman, M.C., Driever, W., and Jacob, H.J. (1996) A reference cross DNA panel for zebrafish (Danio rerio) anchored with simple sequence length polymorphisms. Development. 123:451-460
Malicki, J., Neuhauss, S.C., Schier, A.F., Solnica-Krezel, L., Stemple, D.L., Stainier, D.Y., Abdelilah, S., Zwartkruis, F., Rangini, Z., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish retina. Development. 123:263-273
Malicki, J., Schier, A.F., Solnica-Krezel, L., Stemple, D.L., Neuhauss, S.C., Stainier, D.Y., Abdelilah, S., Rangini, Z., Zwartkruis, F., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish ear. Development. 123:275-283
Moss, J.B., Price, A.L., Raz, E., Driever, W., and Rosenthal, N. (1996) Green fluorescent protein marks skeletal muscle in murine cell lines and zebrafish. Gene. 173:89-98
Neuhauss, S.C., Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., Zwartkruis, F., Stemple, D.L., Malicki, J., Abdelilah, S., Stainier, D.Y., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting craniofacial development in zebrafish. Development. 123:357-367
Pack, M., Solnica-Krezel, L., Malicki, J., Neuhauss, S.C., Schier, A-, F., Stemple, D.L., Driever, W., and Fishman, M.C. (1996) Mutations affecting development of zebrafish digestive organs. Development. 123:321-328
Schier, A.F., Neuhauss, S.C., Harvey, M., Malicki, J., Solnica-Krezel, L., Stainier, D.Y., Zwartkruis, F., Abdelilah, S., Stemple, D.L., Rangini, Z., Yang, H., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting the development of the embryonic zebrafish brain. Development. 123:165-178
Solnica-Krezel, L., Stemple, D.L., Mountcastle-Shah, E., Rangini, Z., Neuhauss, S.C., Malicki, J., Schier, A.F., Stainier, D.Y., Zwartkruis, F., Abdelilah, S., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting cell fates and cellular rearrangements during gastrulation in zebrafish. Development. 123:67-80
Stainier, D.Y., Fouquet, B., Chen, J.N., Warren, K.S., Weinstein, B.M., Meiler, S.E., Mohideen, M.A., Neuhauss, S.C., Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., Zwartkruis, F., Stemple, D.L., Malicki, J., Driever, W., and Fishman, M.C. (1996) Mutations affecting the formation and function of the cardiovascular system in the zebrafish embryo. Development. 123:285-292
Stemple, D.L. and Driever, W. (1996) Zebrafish: Tools for investigating cellular differentiation. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol.. 8(6):858-864
Stemple, D.L., Solnica-Krezel, L., Zwartkruis, F., Neuhauss, S.C., Schier, A.F., Malicki, J., Stainier, D.Y., Abdelilah, S., Rangini, Z., Mountcastle-Shah, E., and Driever, W. (1996) Mutations affecting development of the notochord in zebrafish. Development. 123:117-128
Weinstein, B.M., Schier, A.F., Abdelilah, S., Malicki, J., Solnica-Krezel, L., Stemple, D.L., Stainier, D.Y., Zwartkruis, F., Driever, W., and Fishman, M.C. (1996) Hematopoietic mutations in the zebrafish. Development. 123:303-309
Yelick, P.C., Driever, W., Neuhauss, S., and Stashenko, P. (1996) Craniofacial cartilage development in zebrafish. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.. 785:360-361
Brockerhoff, S.E., Hurley, J.B., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Driever, W., and Dowling, J.E. (1995) A behavioral screen for isolating zebrafish mutants with visual system defects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92:10545-10549
Driever, W. (1995) Axis formation in zebrafish. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev.. 5:610-618
Solnica-Krezel, L., Stemple, D.L., and Driever, W. (1995) Transparent things: cell fates and cell movements during early embryogenesis of zebrafish. Bioessays. 17:931-939
Weinstein, B.M., Stemple, D.L., Driever, W., and Fishman, M.C. (1995) Gridlock, a localized heritable vascular patterning defect in the zebrafish. Nat. Med.. 1(11):1143-1147
Abdelilah, S., Solnica-Krezel, L., Stainier, D.Y.R., and Driever, W. (1994) Implications for dorsoventral axis determination from the zebrafish mutation janus. Nature. 370:468-471
Driever, W. (1994) Abstracts of papers presented at the 1994 meeting on zebrafish development & genetics, April 27-May 1, 1994. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Driever, W., Stemple, D., Schier, A., and Solnica-Krezel, L. (1994) Zebrafish: genetic tools for studying vertebrate development. Trends Genet.. 10:152-159
Solnica-Krezel, L. and Driever, W. (1994) Microtubule arrays of the zebrafish yolk cell: organization and function during epiboly. Development. 120:3-2455
Solnica-Krezel, L., Schier, A.F., and Driever, W. (1994) Efficient recovery of ENU-induced mutations from the zebrafish germline. Genetics. 136:1401-1420
Burns, J.C., Friedmann, T., Driever, W., Burrascano, M., and Yee, J.K. (1993) Vesicular stomatitis virus G glycoprotein pseudotyped retroviral vectors: concentration to very high titer and efficient gene transfer into mammalian and nonmammalian cells [see comments]. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 90:8033-8037
Driever, W. and Rangini, Z. (1993) Characterization of a cell line derived from zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) embryos. In Vitro Cell Dev. Biol. Anim.. 29A:749-754

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