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2006 Publications

  • Davidson, E. H.  The Regulatory Genome.  Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution.  Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, 2006.
  • Davidson, E. H. and Erwin, D. H.  Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans.  Science 311, 796-800, 2006.
  • Cameron, R. A., Rowen, L., Nesbitt, R., Bloom, S., Rast, J. P., Berney, K., Arenas-Mena, C., Martinez, P., Lucas, S., Richardson, P. M., Davidson, E. H., Peterson, K. J. and Hood, L.  Unusual gene order and organization of the sea urchin Hox cluster.  J. Exp. Zool. 306B, 45-58, 2006.
  • Livi, C. B. and Davidson, E. H.  Expression and function of blimp1/krox, an alternatively transcribed regulatory gene of the sea urchin endomesoderm network.  Dev. Biol. 293, 513-525, 2006.
  • Amore, G. and Davidson, E. H.  cis-Regulatory control of cyclophilin, a member of the ETS-DRI skeletogenic gene battery in the sea urchin embryo.  Dev. Biol. 293, 555-564, 2006.
  • Chen, J.-Y., Bottjer, D. J., Davidson, E. H., Dornbos, S. Q., Gao, X., Yang, Y.H., Li, C.-W., Li, G., Wang, X.-Q., Xian, D.-C., Wu, H.-J., Kwu, Y.-K. and Tafforeau, P.  Phosphatized polar lobe-forming embryos from the Precambrian of Southwest China.  Science 312, 1644-1646, 2006.
  • Arenas-Mena, C., Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H.  Hindgut specification and cell-adhesion functions of Sphox 11/13b in the endoderm of the sea urchin embryo.  Develop. Growth Differ. 48, 463-472. 2006.
  • Ransick, A. and Davidson, E. H.  cis-Regulatory processing of Notch signaling input to the sea urchin glial cells missing gene during mesoderm specification.  Dev. Biol. 297, 587-602, 2006.
  • Davidson, E. H.  Special issue:  The sea urchin genome.  Dev. Biol. 300, 1, 2006.
  • Howard-Ashby, M., Materna, S. C., Brown, C. T., Tu, Q., Oliveri, P., Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H.  High regulatory gene use in sea urchin embryogenesis:  Implications for bilaterian development and evolution.  Dev. Biol. 300, 27-34, 2006.
  • Tu, Q., Brown, C. T., Davidson, E. H. and Oliveri, P.  Sea urchin forkhead gene family:  Phylogeny and embryonic expression.  Dev. Biol. 300, 49-62, 2006.
  • Howard-Ashby, M., Materna, S. C., Brown, C. T., Chen, L., Cameron, A. and Davidson, E. H.  Identification and characterization of homeobox transcription factor genes in S. purpuratus, and their expression in embryonic development.  Dev. Biol. 300, 74-89, 2006.
  • Howard-Ashby, M., Brown, C. T., Materna, S. C., Chen., L. and Davidson, E. H.  Gene families encoding transcription factors expressed in early development of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.  Dev. Biol. 300, 90-107, 2006.
  • Materna, S. C., Howard-Ashby, M., Gray, R. F. and Davidson, E. H.  The C2H2 zinc finger genes of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and their expression in embryonic development.  Dev. Biol. 300, 108-120, 2006.
  • Damle, S., Hanser, B., Davidson, E. H. and Fraser, S. E.  Confocal quantification of cis-regulatory reporter gene expression in living sea urchin.  Dev. Biol. 299, 543-550, 2006.
  • Oliveri, P., Walton, K. D., Davidson, E. H. and McClay, D. R.  Repression of mesodermal fate by foxa, a key endoderm regulator of the sea urchin embryo.  Development 133, 4173-4181, 2006.
  • Davidson, E. H.  The Sea Urchin Genome:  Where will it lead us?  Science 314, 939-940, 2006.
  • Bottjer, D. J., Davidson, E. H., Peterson, K. J. and Cameron, R. A.  Paleogenomics of echinoderms.  Science 314, 956-960, 2006.
  • Samanta, M. P., Tongprasit, W., Istrail, S., Cameron, R. A., Tu, Q., Davidson, E. H. and Stolc, V.  The transcriptome of the sea urchin embryo.  Science 314, 960-962, 2006. Back to top

2005 Publications

  • Minokawa, T., Wikramanayake, A. H. and Davidson, E. H.  cis-Regulatory inputs of the wnt8 gene in the sea urchin endomesoderm network..  Dev. Biol. 288, 545-558, 2005.
  • Cameron, R. A., Chow, S. H., Berney, K., Chiu, T.-Y., Yuan, Q.-A., Krämer, A., Helguero, A., Ransick, A., Yun, M. and Davidson, E. H.  An evolutionary constraint:  Strongly disfavored class of change in DNA sequence during divergence of cis-regulatory modules.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 11769-11774, 2005.
  • Otim, O., Hinman, V. F. and Davidson, E. H. Expression of AmHNF6, a sea star orthologue of a transcription factor with multiple distinct roles in sea urchin development. Gene Expression Patterns 5, 381-386, 2005.
  • Istrail, S. and Davidson, E. H. Logic functions of the genomic cis-regulatory code. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 4954-4959, 2005.
  • Brown, C.. T., Xie, Y., Davidson, E. H., and Cameron, R. A. Paircomp, FamilyRelationsII and Cartwheel: Tools for interspecific sequence comparison. BMC Bioinformatics 6, 70, 2005.
  • Levine, M. and Davidson, E. H. Gene regulatory networks for development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 4936-4942, 2005.
  • Istrail, S. and Davidson, E. H. Logic functions of the genomic cis-regulatory code. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 4954-4959.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Dorman, E. R. and Davidson, E. H. Brn1/2/4, the predicted midgut regulator of the endo16 gene of the sea urchin embryo. Dev. Biol.281, 286-298, 2005
  • Longabaugh, W. J. R., Davidson, E. H. and Bolouri, H. Computational representation of developmental genetic regulatory networks. Dev. Biol., 283, 1-16, 2005. Back to top

2004 Publications

  • Oliveri, P., and Davidson, E. H. Gene regulatory network controlling embryonic specification in the sea urchin . Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 14, 351-360, 2004
  • Ransick, A. Detection of mRNA by in situ hybridization and RT-PCR. Meth. Cell Biol., in press.
  • Cameron, R.A., Oliveri, P., Wyllie, J. and Davidson, E.H. cis-Regulatory activity of randomly chosen genomic fragments from the sea urchin. Gene Expression Patterns 4, 205-213, 2004
  • Howard, M.L. and Davidson, E.H. cis-regulatory control circuits in development. Dev.Biol. 271, 109-118, 2004
  • Yuh,C.-H., Dorman, E.R., Howard, M. L. and Davidson, E.H. An otx cis-regulatory module: A key node in the sea urchin endomesoderm gene regulatory network. Dev.Biol. 269, 536-551, 2004
  • Minokawa, T., Rast, J.P., Arenas-Mena, C., Franco, C.B. and Davidson E.H. Expression patterns of four different regulatory genes that function during sea urchin development. Gene Expression Patterns 4, 449-456, 2004
  • Otim, O., Amore,G., Minokawa, T., McClay, D.R. and Davidson, E.H. SpHnf6, a transcription factor that executes multiple functions in sea urchin embryogenesis. Dev. Biol. 273, 226-243, 2004
  • Chen, J.-Y., Bottjer, D.J., Oliveri, P., Dornbos, S.Q., Gao, F., Ruffins, S., Chi, H., Li, C.-W. and Davidson, E.H. Small bilaterian fossils from 40 to 55 million years before the Cambrian. Science 305, 218-222, 2004
  • Chen, J.-Y., Oliveri, P., davidson, E. and Bottjer, D.J. Response to comment on "Small bilaterian fossils from 40 to 55 million years before the Cambrian". Science 306, 1291b, 2004.
  • Hinman, V. F. and Davidson, E. H. System-level properties revealed by a gene regulatory network analysis of pregastrular specification in sea urchins.In Gastrulation (C. D. Stern, ed.), pp. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, pp. 643-652, 2004.
  • Revilla-i-Domingo, R., Minokawa, T. and Davidson, E. H. R11: A cis-regulatory element that controls expression of SpDelta and responds to the Pmar1 repression system. Dev. Biol 274, 438-451, 2004.
  • Lee, P. Y. and Davidson, E. H. Expression of Spgatae, the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus ortholog f vertebrate GATA4/5/6 factors. Gene Exp. Patterns 5, 161-165, 2004. Back to top.

2003 Publications

  • Amore, G., Yavrouian, R.G., Peterson, K.J., Ransick, A., McClay, D.R. and Davidson, E.H. Spdeadringer, a sea urchin embryo gene required separately in skeletogenic and oral ectoderm gene regulatory networks. Dev. Biol., 261, 55-81, 2003
  • Bolouri, H. and Davidson, E.H. Transcriptional regulatory cascades in development: Initial rates, not steady state, determine network kinetics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 9371-9376, 2003
  • Calestani, C., Rast, J.P. and Davidson, E.H. Isolation of mesoderm specific genes in the sea urchin embryo by differential macroarray screening. Development 130:4587-4596, 2003.
  • Davidson, E.H., McClay, D.R. and Hood, L. (2003) Regulatory gene networks and the properties of the developmental process. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:1475-1480.
  • Hinman, V.F. and Davidson, E.H. Expression of AmKrox, a starfish ortholog of a sea urchin transcription factor essential for endomesodermal specification. Gene Exp. Patterns 3, 423-426, 2003
  • Hinman, V.F. and Davidson, E.H. Expression of a gene encoding a Gata transcription factor during embryogenesis of the starfish Asterina miniata. Gene Exp.Patterns 3, 419-422, 2003.
  • Hinman, V.F., Nguyen, A.T. and Davidson, E.H. Expression and function of a starfish Otx ortholog, AmOtx: A conserved role for Otx proteins in endoderm development that predates divergence of the eleutherozoa. Mech. Dev. 120, 1165-1176, 2003
  • Hinman, V.F., Nguyen, A., Cameron, R.A. and Davidson, E.H. Developmental gene regulatory network architecture across 500 MYA of echinoderm evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 13356-13361, 2003
  • Oliveri, P., McClay, D.R. and Davidson, E.H. Activation of pmar1 controls specification of micromeres in the sea urchin embryo. Dev. Biol. 258:32-43 2003.
  • Revilla-Domingo,R and Davidson, E.H. Developmental gene network analysis. Int.J.Dev.Biol.47, 695-703, 2003
  • Rothenberg, E.V. and Davidson, E.H. (2003) Regulatory co-options in the evolution of deuterostome immune systems. In Innate Immunity (R. A. B. Ezekowitz and J. A. Hoffman, eds), pp. 61-88. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. Back to top.

2002 Publications
  • Davidson, E. H., Rast, J. P., Oliveri, P., Ransick, A., Calestani, C., Yuh, C.-H., Minokawa, T., Amore, G., Hinman, V., Arenas-Mena, C., Otim, O., Brown, C. T., Livi, C. B., Lee, P., Revilla, R., Rust, A. G., Pan, Z. J., Schilstra, M. J. Clarke, P. J. C., Arnone, M. I., Rowen, L., Cameron, R. A., McClay, D. R., Hood, L. and Bolouri, H. A genomic regulatory network for development. Science 295, 1669-1678, 2002.
  • Bolouri, H. and Davidson, E. H. Modeling DNA sequence-based cis-regulatory gene networks. Dev. Biol. 246, 2-13, 2002
  • Brown, C. T., Rust, A. G., Clarke, P. J. C., Pan, Z., Schilstra, M. J., De Buysscher, T., Griffin, G., Wold, B. J., Cameron, R. A., Davidson, E. H. and Bolouri, H. New computational approaches for analysis of cis-regulatory networks. Dev. Biol. 246, 86-102, 2002
  • Ransick, A., Rast, J. P., Minokawa, T., Calestani, C. and Davidson, E. H. New early zygotic regulators of endomesoderm specification in sea urchin embryos discovered by differential array hybridization. Dev. Biol. 246, 132-147, 2002.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Brown, C. T., Livi, C. B., Rowen, L., Clarke, P. J. C. and Davidson, E. H. Patchy interspecific sequence similarities efficiently identify positive cis-regulatory elements in the sea urchin. Dev. Biol. 246, 148-161, 2002.
  • Davidson, E. H., Rast, J. P., Oliveri, P., Ransick, A., Calestani, C., Yuh, C.-H., Minokawa, T., Amore, G., Hinman, V., Arenas-Mena, C., Otim, O., Brown, C. T., Livi, C. B., Lee, P. Y., Revilla, R., Schilstra, M. J., Clarke, P. J. C., Rust, A. G., Pan, Z. J., Arnone, M. I., Rowen, L., Cameron, R. A., McClay, D. R., Hood, L. and Bolouri, H. A provisional regulatory gene network for specification of endomesoderm in the sea urchin embryo. Dev. Biol. 246, 162-190, 2002.
  • Rast, J. P., Cameron, R. A., Poustka, A. J. and Davidson, E. H. brachyury target genes in the early sea urchin embryo isolated by differential macroarray screening. Dev. Biol. 246, 191-208, 2002.
  • Oliveri, P., Carrick, D. M. and Davidson, E. H. A regulatory gene network that directs micromere specification in the sea urchin embryo. Dev. Biol. 246, 209-228, 2002.
  • Bolouri, H. and Davidson, E. H. Modeling transcriptional regulatory networks.BioEssays 24, 1118-1129, 2002
  • Erwin, D. H. and Davidson, E. H. The last common bilaterian ancestor. Development 129, 3021-3032, 2002.
  • Chen, J. Y., Oliveri, P., Gao, F., Dornbos, S. Q., Li, C. W., Bottjer, D. J. and Davidson, E. H. Precambrian animal life: Probable developmental and adult cnidarian forms from Southwest China. Dev. Biol. 248, 182-196. 2002. Back to top

2001 Publications
  • Davidson, E. H. Genomic Regulatory Systems. Development and Evolution. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2001.
  • Coffman, J. A. and Davidson, E. H. Oral-aboral axis specification in the sea urchin embryo. I. Axis entrainment by respiratory asymmetry. Dev. Biol. 230, 18-28, 2001.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Bolouri, H. and Davidson, E. H. cis-Regulatory logic in the endo16 gene: Switching from a specification to a differentiation mode of control. Development 128, 617-628, 2001.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Li, X., Davidson, E. H. and Klein, W. H. Correct expression of Spec2a in the sea urchin embryo requires both Otx and non-Otx cis-regulatory elements. Dev. Biol 232, 424-438, 2001.
  • Yuh, C. H., Bolouri, H., Bower, J. M. and Davidson, E. H. A logical model of cis-regulatory control in a eukaryotic system. In: Computational Modeling of Genetic and Biochemical Networks (J. M. Bower and H. Bolouri, eds.), pp. 73-100. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001.
  • Martin, E. L., Consales, C., Davidson, E. H. and Arnone, M. I. Evidence for a mesodermal embryonic regulator of the sea urchin CyIIa gene. Dev. Biol. 236, 46-63, 2001.
  • Zhu, X., Mahairas, G., Cameron, R. A., Davidson, E. H. and Ettensohn, C. A. Large-scale analysis of mRNAs expressed by primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo. Development 128, 2615-2627, 2001.
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2000 Publications
  • Rast, J. P., Pancer, Z. and Davidson, E. H. New approaches towards an understanding of deuterostome immunity. Curr. Topics Microbiol. Immunol. 248, 3-16, 2000.
  • Arenas-Mena, C., Cameron, A.R. and Davidson, E.H. Spatial expression of Hox cluster genes in the ontogeny of a sea urchin. Development 127, 4631-4643, 2000.
  • Coffman, J. A. and Davidson, E. H. (2000) Genetic networks. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, MacMillan Reference Ltd., London (www.els.net), 2000
  • Rast, J.P., Oliveri, P. and Davidson, E. H. (2000) Conserved linkage among sea urchin homologs of genes encoded in the vertebrate MHC region. In Major Histocompatibility Complex: Evolution, Structure and Function (M .Kasahara, ed.).Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.
  • Cameron, R. A., Mahairas, G., Rast, J. P., Martinez., P., Biondi, T. R., Swartzell, S., Wallace, J.C., Poustka, A. J., Livingston, B. T., Wray, G. A., Ettensohn, C. S., Lehrach, H., Britten, R. J., Davidson, E. H. and Hood, L. A sea urchin genome project: Sequence scan, virtual map, and additional resources. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 9514-9518, 2000
  • Peterson, K. J., Cameron, R A. and Davidson, E. H. Bilaterian origins: Significance of new experimental observations. Dev. Biol. 219, 1-17, 2000.
  • Peterson, K. J., Arenas-Mena, C. and Davidson, E. H. The A/P axis in echinoderm ontogeny and evolution: Evidence from fossils and molecules. Evo. & Dev. 2, 93-101, 2000
  • Peterson, K. J. and Davidson, E. H. Regulatory evolution and the origin of the bilaterians. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 4430-4433, 2000
  • Peterson, K. J., Irvine, S. Q., Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H. Quantitative assesment of Hox complex expression in the indirect development of the polychaete annelid Chaetopterus sp. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 4487-4492, 2000
  • Chen, J-Y., Oliveri, P., Li, C.-S., Zhou, G.-Q., Gao, F., Hagadorn, J. W., Peterson, K. J. and Davidson, E. H. Precambrian animal diversity: Putative phosphatized embryos from the doushantuo formation of China. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 4457-4467, 2000
  • Pasquinelli, A. E., Beinhart, B.J., Martindale, M.Q., Kuroda, M., Maller, B., Slack, F., Hayward, D., Ball, E., Degnan, B., Muller, P., Spring, J., Srinivasan, A., Fishman, M., Finnerty, J., Corbo, J., Levine, M., Leahy, P., Davidson, E. H., andRuvkun, G. Conservation across animal phylogeny of the sequence and temporal expression of the 21 nucleotide let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA. Nature 408, 86-89, 2000.
  • Rast, J. P., Amore, G., Calestani, C., Livi, C .B., Ransick, A. and Davidosn, E. H. Recovery of developmentally defined gene sets from high-density cDNA macroarrays. Dev. Biol. 228, 270-286, 2000. Back to top

1999 Publications
  • Davidson, E. H. and Ruvkun, G. Themes from a NASA workshop on gene regulatory processes in development and evolution. J. Exp. Zool. 285, 104-115, 1999.
  • Amore, G., Calestani, C., Erives, A. and Davidson, E. H. A view from the genome: Spatial control of transcription in sea urchin development. Cuur. Opin. Genet. Dev. 9, 530-541, 1999
  • Coffman, J. A., and Leahy, P.S. Large scale culture and preparation of sea urchin embryos for isolation of transcriptional regulatory proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology 135, 17-23, 1999.
  • Pancer, Z., Rast, J.P., Davidson, E. H. Origins of immunity: transcription factors and homologues of effector genes of the vertebrate immune system expressed in sea urchin coelomocytes. Immunogentics 49, 773-786, 1999.
  • Davidson, E.H. A view from the genome :Spatial control of transcription in sea urchin development. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 9, 530-541, 1999.
  • Cameron, R. A., Leahy, S., Britten, R.J., and Davidson, E. H. Microsatellite loci in Wild-type and inbred Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Developmental Biology 208, 255-264, 1999.
  • Lee, Y. H., Huang, G. M., Cameron, R A., Graham, G., Davidson, E. H., Hood, L. and Britten, R. J. EST analysis of gene expression in early cleavage-stage sea urchin embryos. Development 126, 3857-3867, 1999
  • Peterson, K .J., Cameron, R. A., Tagawa, K., Satoh, N., and Davidson, E .H. A comparative molecular approach to mesodermal patterning in basal deuterostomes: the expression pattern Brachyury in the enteropneust hemichordate Ptychodera flava. Developmental Biology 207, 419-431, 1999
  • Martinez, P., Rast, J.P., Arenas-Mena, C., and Davidson, E. H. Organization of an echinoderm Hox gene cluster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 1469-1474, 1999.
  • Peterson, K. J., Harada, Y., Cameron, R. A., and Davidson, E .H. Expression pattern of Brachyury and Not in the sea urchin: Comparative implications for the origins of mesoderm in the basal deuterostomes .Development 126, 85-95, 1999.
  • Lee, Y.-H., Britten, R.J. and Davidson, E. H. SM37, a new skeletogenic gene of the sea urchin embryo linked to the SM50 gene. Develop. Growth Differ., 41, 303-312, 1999.
  • Ponce, M. R., Micol, J. L., Peterson, K. J. and Davidson, E. H. SpBMP5-7, a new member of the transforming growth factor- ß superfamily expressed in sea urchin embryo. J .Mol .Evol. 16, 634-645, 1999. Back to top

1998 Publications
  • Arenas-Mena, C., Martinez, P., Cameron, R. A., and Davidson, E.H . Expression of the Hox gene complex in the indirect development of a sea urchin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 95, 13062-13067, 1998.
  • Cameron ,R. A., Peterson, K .J., and Davidson, E. H. Developmental Gene Regulation and the Evolution of large animal body plans. Amer. Zool., 38, 609-620, 1998
  • Davidson, E. H., Cameron, R A. and Ransick, A. Specification of cell fate in the sea urchin embryo: summary and some proposed mechanisms. Development 125, 3269-3290, 1998.
  • Bogarad, L .D., Arnone, M. I., Chang, C. and Davidson, E .H. Interference with gene regulation in living sea urchin embryos: Transcription factor Knock Out (TKO), a genetically controlled vector for blockade of specific transcription factors .Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 95, 14827-14832, 1998.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Bolouri, H. and Davidson, E. H. Genomic cis-regulatory logic: Functional analysis and computational model of a sea urchin gene control system. Science 279, 1896-1902, 1998.
  • Ransick, A. and Davidson, E .H. Late specification of veg1 lineages to endodermal fate in the sea urchin embryo. Dev.Biol. 195, 38-48, 1998
  • Arnone, M. I., Martin, E .L. and Davidson, E. H. Cis-regulation downstream of cell type specification: A single compact element controls the complex expression of the CyIIa gene in sea urchin embryos. Development 125, 1381-1395, 1998.
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1997 Publications
  • Martinez, P. and Davidson, E. H. SpHmx, a sea urchin homeobox gene expressed in embryonic pigment cells. Dev.Biol. 181, 213-222, 1997.
  • Calzone, F. C., Grainger, J., Coffman, J. A. and Davidson, E. H. Extensive maternal representation of DNA-binding proteins that interact with regulatory target sites of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus CyIIIa gene. Marine Mol. Biol. Biotech. 6, 79-83, 1997.
  • Martinez, P., Lee, J. and Davidson, E. H. Complete sequence of SpHox8 and its linkage in the single Hox gene cluster of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. J. Mol. Evol. 44, 371-377, 1997.
  • Davidson, E. H., Peterson, K. J. and Cameron, R. A. l'origine des grands animaux, un petit ver tout nu. La Recherche 296, 42-48, 1997.
  • Peterson, K. J., Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H. Set-aside cells in maximal indirect development: Evolutionary and developmental significance. BioEssays 19, 623-631, 1997.
  • Arnone, M. I. and Davidson, E. H. The hardwiring of development: Organization and function of genomic regulatory systems. Development 124, 1851-1864, 1997.
  • Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H. LiC1 perturbs ectodermal Veg1 lineage allocations in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus embryos. Dev.Biol. 187, 236-239, 1997.
  • Harrington, M. G., Coffman, J. A. and Davidson, E. H. Covalent variation is a general property of transcription factors in the sea urchin embryo. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech. 6, 153-162, 1997.
  • Coffman, J. A., Kirchammer, C.V., Harrington, M .G. and Davidson, E. H. SpMyb functions as an intramodular repressor to regulate spatial expression of CyIIIa in sea urchin embryos. Development 124,4717-4727, 1997.
  • Davidson, E.H. Insights from the echinoderms. Nature 389, 679-680, 1997.
  • Shipps, G. W., Jr., Pryor, K. E., Xian, J., Skyler, D.A., Davidson, E. H. and Rebek, J., Jr. Synthesis and screening of small molecule libraries active in binding to DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 94, 11833-11838, 1997. Back to top

1996 Publications
  • Smith, L.C., Chang, L., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. Sea urchin genes expressed in activated coelomocytes are identified by expressed sequence tags (ESTs). J. Immun. 156, 593-602, 1996.
  • Xian, J., Harrington, M. G. and Davidson, E. H. DNA-protein binding assays from a single sea urchin egg: A high sensitivity capillary electrophoresis method.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 86-90, 1996.
  • Kirchhamer, C. V. and Davidson, E. H. Spatial and temporal information processing in the sea urchin embryo: Modular and intramodular organization of the CyIIIa gene cis-regulatory system Development 122, 333-348, 1996.
  • Coffman, J. A., Kirchhamer, C. V., Harrington, M. G. and Davidson, E. H. SpRunt-1, a new member of the Runt-domain family of transcription factors, is a positive regulator of the aboral ectoderm-specific CyIIIa gene in sea urchin embryos.Dev. Biol. 174, 43-54, 1996.
  • Yuh, C.-H. and Davidson, E. H. Modular cis-regulatory organization of Endo16, a gut-specific gene of the sea urchin embryo. Development 122, 1069-1082, 1996.
  • Ransick, A., Cameron, R. A. and Davidson, E. H. Post-embryonic segregation of the germ line in sea urchins, in relation to indirect development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 6759-6763, 1996.
  • Cameron, R. A., Zeller, R. W., Coffman, J. A. and Davidson, E. H. The analysis of lineage-specific gene activity during sea urchin development. In: Molecular Zoology Advances, Strategies, and Protocols, J. D. Ferraris and S. R. Palumbi(eds.), pp. 212-243. Wiley-Liss, New York, 1996.
  • Davidson, E. H. Biology of developmental transcription control. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 9307-9308, 1996.
  • Kirchhamer, C. V., Yuh, C.-H. and Davidson, E. H. Modular cis-regulatory organization of developmentally expressed genes: Two genes transcribed territorially in the sea urchin embryo, and additional examples. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 9322-9328, 1996.
  • Cameron, R. A., Leahy, P. S. and Davidson, E. H. Twins raised from separated blastomeres develop into sexually mature Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Dev. Biol.178,514-519, 1996.
  • Cameron, R. A., Shipley Walkup, T., Rood, K., Moore, J. G. and Davidson, E. H. Specific in vitro interactions between recombinant Strongylocentrotus purpuratus bindin and recombinant 45A fragment of the putative egg binding receptor. Dev. Biol.180, 348-352, 1996.
  • Harada, Y., Akasaka, K., Shimada, H., Peterson, K. J., Davidson, E. H. and Satoh, N. A sea urchin homologue of forkhead is expressed in the vegetal plate of blastulae and in the archenteron of gastrulae: Comparison with Brachyury expression,and insights into the origin of the chordate notochord. Mech. Dev.60,163-173, 1996.
  • Yuh, C.-H., Moore, J. G. and Davidson, E. H. Quantitative functional interrelations within the cis-regulatory system of the S. purpuratus Endo16 gene Development 122, 4045-4056, 1996
  • Kirchhamer, C. V., Bogarad, L. D. and Davidson, E. H. Developmental expression of synthetic cis-regulatory systems composed of spatial control elements from two different genes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 13849-13854, 1996. Back to top

1995 Publications
  • Britten, R. J., McCormack, T. J., Mears, T. L. and Davidson, E. H. Gypsy/Ty3-class retrotransposons integrated in the DNA of herring, tunicate, and echinoderms. J. Mol. Evol.40, 13-24, 1995
  • Wang, D. G.-W., Kirchhamer, C. V., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. SpZ12-1, a negative regulator required for spatial control of the territory-specific CyIIIa gene in the sea urchin embryo. Development 121, 1111-1122, 1995.
  • Zeller, R. W., Griffith, J. D., Moore, J. G., Kirchhamer, C. V., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. A multimerizing transcription factor of sea urchin embryos capable of looping DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 2989-2993, 1995.
  • Springer, M. S., Tusneem, N. A., Davidson, E. H. and Britten, R. J. Phylogeny, rates of evolution, and patterns of codon usage among sea urchin retroviral-like elements, with implications for the recognition of horizontal transfer. Mol. Biol. Evol.12, 219-230, 1995.
  • Wang, D. G.-W., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. Maternal and embryonic provenance of a sea urchin embryo transcription factor, SpZ12-1. Mol. Marine Biol. Biotech. 4, 148-153, 1995.
  • Zeller, R. W., Coffman, J. A., Harrington, M. G., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. SpGCF1, a sea urchin embryo transcription factor, exists as five nested variants encoded by a single mRNA. Dev. Biol. 169, 713-727, 1995.
  • Makabe, K. W., Kirchhamer, C. V., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. Cis-regulatory control of the SM50 gene, an early marker of skeletogenic lineage specification in the sea urchin embryo. Development 121, 1957-1970, 1995.
  • Zeller, R. W., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. Developmental utilization of SpP3A1 and SpP3A2: Two proteins which recognize the same DNA target site in several sea urchin gene regulatory regions. Dev. Biol. 170, 75-82, 1995.
  • Smith, L. C., Britten, R. J. and Davidson, E. H. Lipopolysaccharide activates the sea urchin immune system. Dev. Comp. Immun. 19, 217-224, 1995.
  • Ransick, A. and Davidson, E. H. Micromeres are required for normal vegetal plate specification in sea urchin embryos. Development 121, 3215-3222, 1995.
  • Davidson, E. H., Peterson, K., and Cameron, R. A. Origin of the adult bilaterian body plans: Evolution of developmental regulatory mechanisms. Science 270, 1319-1325, 1995. Back to top