ZFIN ID: ZDB-GENE-030904-8
CITATIONS (68 total)
Gene Name: ventral anterior homeobox 2
Gene Symbol: vax2
Chowdhury, G., Umeda, K., Ohyanagi, T., Nasu, K., Yamasu, K. (2024) Involvement of nr2f genes in brain regionalization and eye development during early zebrafish development. Development, growth & differentiation. 66(2):145-160
Umeda, K., Tanaka, K., Chowdhury, G., Nasu, K., Kuroyanagi, Y., Yamasu, K. (2024) Evolutionarily conserved roles of foxg1a in the developing subpallium of zebrafish embryos. Development, growth & differentiation. 66(3):219-234
Fox, S.C., Widen, S.A., Asai-Coakwell, M., Havrylov, S., Benson, M., Prichard, L.B., Baddam, P., Graf, D., Lehmann, O.J., Waskiewicz, A.J. (2022) BMP3 is a novel locus involved in the causality of ocular coloboma. Human genetics. 141(8):1385-1407
Hehr, C.L., Halabi, R., McFarlane, S. (2022) Spatial regulation of amacrine cell genesis by Semaphorin 3f. Developmental Biology. 491:66-81
Cechmanek, P.B., Hehr, C.L., McFarlane, S. (2021) Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Neural Retinal Progenitors Interact Via Semaphorin 6D to Facilitate Optic Cup Morphogenesis. eNeuro. 8(3):
Knickmeyer, M.D., Mateo, J.L., Heermann, S. (2021) BMP Signaling Interferes with Optic Chiasm Formation and Retinal Ganglion Cell Pathfinding in Zebrafish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(9):
den Broeder, M.J., Ballangby, J., Kamminga, L.M., Aleström, P., Legler, J., Lindeman, L.C., Kamstra, J.H. (2020) Inhibition of methyltransferase activity of enhancer of zeste 2 leads to enhanced lipid accumulation and altered chromatin status in zebrafish. Epigenetics & chromatin. 13:5
Eckert, P., Knickmeyer, M.D., Heermann, S. (2020) In Vivo Analysis of Optic Fissure Fusion in Zebrafish: Pioneer Cells, Basal Lamina, Hyaloid Vessels, and How Fissure Fusion is Affected by BMP. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(8):
Takamiya, M., Stegmaier, J., Kobitski, A.Y., Schott, B., Weger, B.D., Margariti, D., Cereceda Delgado, A.R., Gourain, V., Scherr, T., Yang, L., Sorge, S., Otte, J.C., Hartmann, V., van Wezel, J., Stotzka, R., Reinhard, T., Schlunck, G., Dickmeis, T., Rastegar, S., Mikut, R., Nienhaus, G.U., Strähle, U. (2020) Pax6 organizes the anterior eye segment by guiding two distinct neural crest waves. PLoS Genetics. 16:e1008774
Eckert, P., Knickmeyer, M.D., Schütz, L., Wittbrodt, J., Heermann, S. (2019) Morphogenesis and axis specification occur in parallel during optic cup and optic fissure formation, differentially modulated by BMP and Wnt. Open Biology. 9:180179
Nicholas, C., Weaver, M., Piedade, W.P., Vocking, O., Famulski, J.K. (2019) Temporal characterization of optic fissure basement membrane composition suggests nidogen may be an initial target of remodeling. Developmental Biology. 452(1):43-54
Urasaki, A., Morishita, S., Naka, K., Uozumi, M., Abe, K., Huang, L., Watase, E., Nakagawa, O., Kawakami, K., Matsui, T., Bessho, Y., Inagaki, N. (2019) Shootins mediate collective cell migration and organogenesis of the zebrafish posterior lateral line system. Scientific Reports. 9:12156
Cao, M., Ouyang, J., Guo, J., Lin, S., Chen, S. (2018) Metalloproteinase Adamts16 Is Required for Proper Closure of the Optic Fissure. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 59:1167-1177
Carrillo-Rosas, S., Weber, C., Fievet, L., Messaddeq, N., Karam, A., Trottier, Y. (2018) Loss of zebrafish Ataxin-7, a SAGA subunit responsible for SCA7 retinopathy, causes ocular coloboma and malformation of photoreceptors. Human molecular genetics. 28(6):912-927
Hehr, C.L., Halabi, R., McFarlane, S. (2018) Polarity and morphogenesis of the eye epithelium requires the adhesion junction associated adaptor protein Traf4. Cell adhesion & migration. 12(5):489-502
Knickmeyer, M.D., Mateo, J.L., Eckert, P., Roussa, E., Rahhal, B., Zuniga, A., Krieglstein, K., Wittbrodt, J., Heermann, S. (2018) TGFβ-facilitated optic fissure fusion and the role of bone morphogenetic protein antagonism. Open Biology. 8(3)
Sedykh, I., Yoon, B., Roberson, L., Moskvin, O., Dewey, C.N., Grinblat, Y. (2017) Zebrafish zic2 controls formation of periocular neural crest and choroid fissure morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 429(1):92-104
Samuel, A., Rubinstein, A.M., Azar, T.T., Ben-Moshe Livne, Z., Kim, S.H., Inbal, A. (2016) Six3 regulates optic nerve development via multiple mechanisms. Scientific Reports. 6:20267
Sotolongo-Lopez, M., Alvarez-Delfin, K., Saade, C.J., Vera, D.L., Fadool, J.M. (2016) Genetic Dissection of Dual Roles for the Transcription Factor six7 in Photoreceptor Development and Patterning in Zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1005968
Valdivia, L.E., Lamb, D.B., Horner, W., Wierzbicki, C., Tafessu, A., Williams, A.M., Gestri, G., Krasnow, A.M., Vleeshouwer-Neumann, T.S., Givens, M., Young, R.M., Lawrence, L.M., Stickney, H.L., Hawkins, T.A., Schwarz, Q.P., Cavodeassi, F., Wilson, S.W., Cerveny, K.L. (2016) Antagonism between Gdf6a and retinoic acid pathways controls timing of retinal neurogenesis and growth of the eye in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 143(7):1087-98
Heermann, S., Schütz, L., Lemke, S., Krieglstein, K., Wittbrodt, J. (2015) Eye morphogenesis driven by epithelial flow into the optic cup facilitated by modulation of bone morphogenetic protein. eLIFE. 4
Babcock, H.E., Dutta, S., Alur, R.P., Brocker, C., Vasiliou, V., Vitale, S., Abu-Asab, M., Brooks, B.P. (2014) aldh7a1 Regulates Eye and Limb Development in Zebrafish. PLoS One. 9:e101782
Ebert, A.M., Childs, S.J., Hehr, C.L., Cechmanek, P.B., McFarlane, S. (2014) Sema6a and Plxna2 mediate spatially regulated repulsion within the developing eye to promote eye vesicle cohesion. Development (Cambridge, England). 141:2473-82
Holly, V.L., Widen, S.A., Famulski, J.K., and Waskiewicz, A.J. (2014) Sfrp1a and Sfrp5 function as positive regulators of Wnt and BMP signaling during early retinal development. Developmental Biology. 388(2):192-204
Lee, J., Lee, B.K., and Gross, J.M. (2013) Bcl6a function is required during optic cup formation to prevent p53-dependent apoptosis and colobomata. Human molecular genetics. 22(17):3568-82
Varshney, G.K., Lu, J., Gildea, D., Huang, H., Pei, W., Yang, Z., Huang, S.C., Schoenfeld, D.S., Pho, N., Casero, D., Hirase, T., Mosbrook-Davis, D.M., Zhang, S., Jao, L.E., Zhang, B., Woods, I.G., Zimmerman, S., Schier, A.F., Wolfsberg, T., Pellegrini, M., Burgess, S.M., and Lin, S. (2013) A large-scale zebrafish gene knockout resource for the genome-wide study of gene function. Genome research. 23(4):727-735
Boisset, G., and Schorderet, D.F. (2012) Zebrafish hmx1 promotes retinogenesis. Experimental Eye Research. 105:34-42
Kruse-Bend, R., Rosenthal, J., Quist, T.S., Veien, E.S., Fuhrmann, S., Dorsky, R.I., and Chien, C.B. (2012) Extraocular ectoderm triggers dorsal retinal fate during optic vesicle evagination in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 371(1):57-65
Slavotinek, A.M., Chao, R., Vacik, T., Yahyavi, M., Vacik, T., Abouzeid, H., Bardakjian, T., Schneider, A., Shaw, G., Sherr, E.H., Lemke, G., Youssef, M., and Schorderet, D.F. (2012) VAX1 mutation associated with microphthalmia, corpus callosum agenesis and orofacial clefting-the first description of a VAX1 phenotype in humans. Human Mutation. 33(2):364-368
Lupo, G., Gestri, G., O'Brien, M., Denton, R.M., Chandraratna, R.A., Ley, S.V., Harris, W.A., and Wilson, S.W. (2011) Retinoic acid receptor signaling regulates choroid fissure closure through independent mechanisms in the ventral optic cup and periocular mesenchyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(21):8698-8703
Chao, R., Nevin, L., Agarwal, P., Riemer, J., Bai, X., Delaney, A., Akana, M., JimenezLopez, N., Bardakjian, T., Schneider, A., Chassaing, N., Schorderet, D.F., FitzPatrick, D., Kwok, P.Y., Ellgaard, L., Gould, D.B., Zhang, Y., Malicki, J., Baier, H., and Slavotinek, A. (2010) A male with unilateral microphthalmia reveals a role for TMX3 in eye development. PLoS One. 5(5):e10565
Erickson, T., French, C.R., and Waskiewicz, A.J. (2010) Meis1 specifies positional information in the retina and tectum to organize the zebrafish visual system. Neural Development. 5:22
Ye, M., Berry-Wynne, K.M., Asai-Coakwell, M., Sundaresan, P., Footz, T., French, C.R., Abitbol, M., Fleisch, V.C., Corbett, N., Allison, W.T., Drummond, G., Walter, M.A., Underhill, T.M., Waskiewicz, A.J., and Lehmann, O.J. (2010) Mutation of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein GDF3 causes ocular and skeletal anomalies. Human molecular genetics. 19(2):287-298
Brown, J.D., Dutta, S., Bharti, K., Bonner, R.F., Munson, P.J., Dawid, I.B., Akhtar, A.L., Onojafe, I.F., Alur, R.P., Gross, J.M., Hejtmancik, J.F., Jiao, X., Chan, W.Y., and Brooks, B.P. (2009) Expression profiling during ocular development identifies 2 Nlz genes with a critical role in optic fissure closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(5):1462-1467
French, C.R., Erickson, T., French, D.V., Pilgrim, D.B., and Waskiewicz, A.J. (2009) Gdf6a is required for the initiation of dorsal-ventral retinal patterning and lens development. Developmental Biology. 333(1):37-47
Gosse, N.J., and Baier, H. (2009) An essential role for Radar (Gdf6a) in inducing dorsal fate in the zebrafish retina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(7):2236-2241
Maurus, D., and Harris, W.A. (2009) Zic-associated holoprosencephaly: zebrafish Zic1 controls midline formation and forebrain patterning by regulating Nodal, Hedgehog, and retinoic acid signaling. Genes & Development. 23(12):1461-1473
McMahon, C., Gestri, G., Wilson, S.W., and Link, B.A. (2009) Lmx1b is essential for survival of periocular mesenchymal cells and influences Fgf-mediated retinal patterning in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 332(2):287-298
Sanek, N.A., Taylor, A.A., Nyholm, M.K., and Grinblat, Y. (2009) Zebrafish zic2a patterns the forebrain through modulation of Hedgehog-activated gene expression. Development (Cambridge, England). 136(22):3791-3800
Nakayama, Y., Miyake, A., Nakagawa, Y., Mido, T., Yoshikawa, M., Konishi, M., and Itoh, N. (2008) Fgf19 is required for zebrafish lens and retina development. Developmental Biology. 313(2):752-766
Veien, E.S., Rosenthal, J.S., Kruse-Bend, R.C., Chien, C.B., and Dorsky, R.I. (2008) Canonical Wnt signaling is required for the maintenance of dorsal retinal identity. Development (Cambridge, England). 135(24):4101-4111
Wang, D., Jao, L.E., Zheng, N., Dolan, K., Ivey, J., Zonies, S., Wu, X., Wu, K., Yang, H., Meng, Q., Zhu, Z., Zhang, B., Lin, S., and Burgess, S.M. (2007) Efficient genome-wide mutagenesis of zebrafish genes by retroviral insertions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104(30):12428-12433
Seth, A., Culverwell, J., Walkowicz, M., Toro, S., Rick, J.M., Neuhauss, S.C., Varga, Z.M., and Karlstrom, R.O. (2006) belladonna/(lhx2) is required for neural patterning and midline axon guidance in the zebrafish forebrain. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(4):725-735
Stigloher, C., Ninkovic, J., Laplante, M., Geling, A., Tannhauser, B., Topp, S., Kikuta, H., Becker, T.S., Houart, C., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2006) Segregation of telencephalic and eye-field identities inside the zebrafish forebrain territory is controlled by Rx3. Development (Cambridge, England). 133(15):2925-2935
Gross, J.M., and Dowling, J.E. (2005) Tbx2b is essential for neuronal differentiation along the dorsal/ventral axis of the zebrafish retina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102(12):4371-4376
Martinez-Morales, J.R., Del Bene, F., Nica, G., Hammerschmidt, M., Bovolenta, P., and Wittbrodt, J. (2005) Differentiation of the vertebrate retina is coordinated by an FGF signaling center. Developmental Cell. 8(4):565-574
Picker, A., and Brand, M. (2005) Fgf signals from a novel signaling center determine axial patterning of the prospective neural retina. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(22):4951-4962
Plouhinec, J.L., Granier, C., Le Mentec, C., Lawson, K.A., Saberan-Djoneidi, D., Aghion, J., Shi, D.L., Collignon, J., and Mazan, S. (2004) Identification of the mammalian Not gene via a phylogenomic approach. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 5(1):11-22
Take-uchi, M., Clarke, J.D.W., and Wilson, S.W. (2003) Hedgehog signalling maintains the optic stalk-retinal interface through the regulation of Vax gene activity. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(5):955-968
Strausberg,R.L., Feingold,E.A., Grouse,L.H., Derge,J.G., Klausner,R.D., Collins,F.S., Wagner,L., Shenmen,C.M., Schuler,G.D., Altschul,S.F., Zeeberg,B., Buetow,K.H., Schaefer,C.F., Bhat,N.K., Hopkins,R.F., Jordan,H., Moore,T., Max,S.I., Wang,J., Hsieh,F., Diatchenko,L., Marusina,K., Farmer,A.A., Rubin,G.M., Hong,L., Stapleton,M., Soares,M.B., Bonaldo,M.F., Casavant,T.L., Scheetz,T.E., Brownstein,M.J., Usdin,T.B., Toshiyuki,S., Carninci,P., Prange,C., Raha,S.S., Loquellano,N.A., Peters,G.J., Abramson,R.D., Mullahy,S.J., Bosak,S.A., McEwan,P.J., McKernan,K.J., Malek,J.A., Gunaratne,P.H., Richards,S., Worley,K.C., Hale,S., Garcia,A.M., Gay,L.J., Hulyk,S.W., Villalon,D.K., Muzny,D.M., Sodergren,E.J., Lu,X., Gibbs,R.A., Fahey,J., Helton,E., Ketteman,M., Madan,A., Rodrigues,S., Sanchez,A., Whiting,M., Madan,A., Young,A.C., Shevchenko,Y., Bouffard,G.G., Blakesley,R.W., Touchman,J.W., Green,E.D., Dickson,M.C., Rodriguez,A.C., Grimwood,J., Schmutz,J., Myers,R.M., Butterfield,Y.S., Krzywinski,M.I., Skalska,U., Smailus,D.E., Schnerch,A., Schein,J.E., Jones,S.J., and Marra,M.A. (2002) Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99(26):16899-903
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ZFIN Staff (2023) Automated Curation of UniProt Database Links. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2020) Addition of links from ZFIN to Expression Atlas. Semi-automated Curation.
ZFIN Staff (2017) Curation of PANTHER Gene IDs. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2017) Curation of Alliance of Genome Resources Database Links. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2013) Semi-automated association of ENSDARG identifiers with ZFIN genes for the ZMP project. Semi-automated Curation.
Burgess, S., and Lin, S. (2012) Viral Insertion Mutants Overwrite Data. ZFIN Direct Data Submission.
UniProt-GOA (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on the manual assignment of UniProtKB Subcellular Location terms in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries. Manually curated data.
UniProt-GOA (2011) Gene Ontology annotation based on the automatic assignment of UniProtKB Subcellular Location terms in UniProtKB/TrEMBL entries. Manually curated data.
Gaudet, P., Livstone, M., Thomas, P., The Reference Genome Project (2010) Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees. Automated Data Submission.
GOA curators, UniProt curators (2007) Gene Ontology annotation based on Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping. Manually curated data.
GOA, HGNC, AgBase and UniProtKB curators (2007) Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity. ZFIN Direct Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2007) Microarray Expression to Gene Association in ZFIN. Semi-automated Curation.
ZFIN Staff (2006) Curation of Ensembl Database Links. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2004) ZGC Data Curation and Association in ZFIN by ZFIN Staff. Semi-automated Curation.
ZFIN Staff (2003) Curation of VEGA Database Links. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2002) Gene Ontology Annotation Through Association of UniProt Keywords with GO Terms. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2002) Curation of NCBI Gene Data Via Shared RNA Sequence IDs. Automated Data Submission.
ZFIN Staff (2002) Gene Ontology Annotation Through Association of InterPro Records with GO Terms. Automated Data Submission.
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