Research
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ZIRC
ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-645
Fritz, Andreas
Fritz Lab
Department of Biology
Emory University
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA
30322
USA
Phone: (404) 727-9012 Email: afritz@emory.edu
FAX: (404) 727-2880 URL: http://www.emory.edu/BIOLOGY/PAGES/FACULTY/UNDERGRADUATE/a_fritz.htm
Biography and Research Interests:



Publications:
Esterberg, R., and Fritz, A. (2009) dlx3b/4b are required for the formation of the preplacodal region and otic placode through local modulation of BMP activity. Dev. Biol.. 325(1):189-199
Esterberg, R., Delalande, J.M., and Fritz, A. (2008) Tailbud-derived Bmp4 drives proliferation and inhibits maturation of zebrafish chordamesoderm. Development. 135(23):3891-3901
Machingo, Q.J., Fritz, A., and Shur, B.D. (2006) A {beta}1,4-galactosyltransferase is required for Bmp2-dependent patterning of the dorsoventral axis during zebrafish embryogenesis. Development. 133(11):2233-2241
Machingo, Q.J., Fritz, A., and Shur, B.D. (2006) A beta1,4-galactosyltransferase is required for convergent extension movements in zebrafish. Dev. Biol.. 297(2):471-482
Mackereth, M.D., Kwak, S.J., Fritz, A., and Riley, B.B. (2005) Zebrafish pax8 is required for otic placode induction and plays a redundant role with Pax2 genes in the maintenance of the otic placode. Development. 132(2):371-382
Solomon, K.S., Kwak, S.J., and Fritz, A. (2004) Genetic interactions underlying otic placode induction and formation. Dev. Dyn.. 230(3):419-433
Paw, B.H., Davidson, A.J., Zhou, Y., Li, R., Pratt, S.J., Lee, C., Trede, N.S., Brownlie, A., Donovan, A., Liao, E.C., Ziai, J.M., Drejer, A.H., Guo, W., Kim, C.H., Gwynn, B., Peters, L.L., Chernova, M.N., Alper, S.L., Zapata, A., Wickramasinghe, S.N., Lee, M.J., Lux, S.E., Fritz, A., Postlethwait, J.H., and Zon, L.I. (2003) Cell-specific mitotic defect and dyserythropoiesis associated with erythroid band 3 deficiency. Nat. Genet.. 34(1):59-64
Solomon, K.S., Kudoh, T., Dawid, I.B., and Fritz, A. (2003) Zebrafish foxi1 mediates otic placode formation and jaw development. Development. 130(5):929-940
Solomon, K.S. and Fritz, A. (2002) Concerted action of two dlx paralogs in sensory placode formation. Development. 129(13):3127-3136
Sawada, A., Fritz, A., Jiang, Y., Yamamoto, A., Yamasu, K., Kuroiwa, A., Saga, Y., and Takeda, H. (2000) Zebrafish Mesp family genes, mesp-a and mesp-b are segmentally expressed in the presomitic mesoderm, and Mesp-b confers the anterior identity to the developing somites. Development. 127(8):1691-1702
Appel, B., Fritz, A., Westerfield, M., Grunwald, D.J., Eisen, J.S., and Riley, B.B. (1999) Delta-mediated specification of midline cell fates in zebrafish embryos. Curr. Biol.. 9:247-256
Moens, C.B. and Fritz, A. (1999) Techniques in neural development. In The Zebrafish: Biology. H.W. Detrich, L.I. Zon, and M. Westerfield, eds. Methods Cell Biol.. 59:253-272
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.. 282:1711-1714
Postlethwait, J.H, Yan, Y.-L., Gates, M.A., Horne, S., Amores, A., Brownlie, A., Donovan, A., Egan, E.S., Force, A., Gong, Z., Goutel, C., Fritz, A., Kelsh, R., Knapik, E., Liao, E., Paw, B., Ransom, D., Singer, A., Thomson, M., Abduljabbar, T.S., Yelick, P., Beier, D., Joly, J.-S., Larhammar, D., Rosa, F., Westerfield, M., Zon, L.I., Johnson, S.L., and Talbot, W.S. (1998) Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map. Nature Genet.. 18:345-349
Thompson, M.A., Ransom, D.G., Pratt, S.J., MacLennan, H., Kieran, M.W., Detrich,III, H.W., Vail, B., Huber, T.L., Paw, B., Brownlie, A.J., Oates, A.C., Fritz, A., Gates, MA., Amores, A., Bahary, N., Talbot, W.S., Her, H., Beier, D.R., Postlethwait, J.H., and Zon, L.I. (1998) The cloche and spadetail genes differentially affect hematopoiesis and vasculogenesis. Dev. Biol.. 197:248-269
Fritz, A., Rozowski, M., Walker, C., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Identification of selected gamma-ray induced deficiencies in zebrafish using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Genetics. 144(4):1735-1745
Ekker, M., Fritz, A., and Westerfield, M. (1992) Identification of two families of satellite-like repetitive DNA sequences from the zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). Genomics. 13:1169-1173

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