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List of works by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

A conserved axon type hierarchy governing peripheral nerve assembly

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

A dominant mutation in tyrp1A leads to melanophore death in zebrafish

scientific article published on 3 July 2014

A dorso-ventral shift of embryonic primordia in a new maternal-effect mutant of Drosophila

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A fate map for the larval epidermis of Drosophila melanogaster: localized cuticle defects following irradiation of the blastoderm with an ultraviolet laser microbeam

scientific article published on December 1, 1979

A gradient of bicoid protein in Drosophila embryos

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A gradient of cytoplasmic Cactus degradation establishes the nuclear localization gradient of the dorsal morphogen in Drosophila

scientific article published in November 1996

A gradient of nuclear localization of the dorsal protein determines dorsoventral pattern in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in December 1989

A group of genes required for pattern formation in the ventral ectoderm of the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in November 1988

A radiation hybrid map of the zebrafish genome.

scientific article published on September 1999

A zebrafish homologue of the chemokine receptor Cxcr4 is a germ-cell guidance receptor

scientific article published on 18 December 2002

ALKALs are in vivo ligands for ALK family receptor tyrosine kinases in the neural crest and derived cells

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Abdominal segmentation, pole cell formation, and embryonic polarity require the localized activity of oskar, a maternal gene in Drosophila

scientific article published in October 1986

Altered mitotic domains reveal fate map changes in Drosophila embryos mutant for zygotic dorsoventral patterning genes

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

An F1 genetic screen for maternal-effect mutations affecting embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila melanogaster

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An evolutionary conserved region in the vasa 3'UTR targets RNA translation to the germ cells in the zebrafish

scientific article published in March 2002

Autonomous determination of anterior structures in the early Drosophila embryo by the bicoid morphogen

scientific article published in August 1990

Axis determination in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published on January 1990

Axon sorting in the optic tract requires HSPG synthesis by ext2 (dackel) and extl3 (boxer).

scientific article published in December 2004

Bazooka is required for polarisation of the Drosophila anterior-posterior axis

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Bioelectric signaling regulates size in zebrafish fins

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Characterization of zebrafish mutants with defects in embryonic hematopoiesis.

scientific article published in December 1996

Determination of anteroposterior polarity in Drosophila

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Determination of spatial domains of zygotic gene expression in the Drosophila embryo by the affinity of binding sites for the bicoid morphogen

scientific article published in August 1989

Determination of the embryonic axes of Drosophila

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Developmental biology: Embryology goes fishing

scientific article published in Nature

Disulfide cross-linking in crude embryonic lysates reveals three complexes of the Drosophila morphogen dorsal and its inhibitor cactus

scientific article

Drosophila Knickkopf and Retroactive are needed for epithelial tube growth and cuticle differentiation through their specific requirement for chitin filament organization

scientific article published in January 2006

Drosophila p24 homologues eclair and baiser are necessary for the activity of the maternally expressed Tkv receptor during early embryogenesis.

scientific article published in October 2004

Duplication of fgfr1 permits Fgf signaling to serve as a target for selection during domestication

scientific article published on 3 September 2009

Endothelin signalling in iridophore development and stripe pattern formation of zebrafish

scientific article

ErbB2 and ErbB3 regulate amputation-induced proliferation and migration during vertebrate regeneration

scientific article published on 24 December 2008

Erratum: transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

Establishment of dorsal-ventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo: genetic studies on the role of the Toll gene product

scientific article published in October 1985

Establishment of dorsal-ventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo: the induction of polarity by the Toll gene product

scientific article published in October 1985

Expression of zebrafish goosecoid and no tail gene products in wild-type and mutant no tail embryos

scientific article published on April 1, 1994

Fish pigmentation. Response to Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish".

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Fishing for genes controlling development

scientific article published on August 1996

Formation of the adult pigment pattern in zebrafish requires leopard and obelix dependent cell interactions

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Function of torso in determining the terminal anlagen of the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published on September 15, 1988

Gain-of-function mutations in Aqp3a influence zebrafish pigment pattern formation through the tissue environment

scientific article

Galanin Signaling in the Brain Regulates Color Pattern Formation in Zebrafish

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Gamma-tubulin37C and gamma-tubulin ring complex protein 75 are essential for bicoid RNA localization during drosophila oogenesis

scientific article published in November 2002

Gap junctions composed of connexins 41.8 and 39.4 are essential for colour pattern formation in zebrafish

scientific article

General Motors Cancer Research Prizewinner Laureates Lectures. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize. The formation of the embryonic axes in Drosophila

scientific article published on May 1993

Genes affecting the segmental subdivision of the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in January 1985

Genes controlling and mediating locomotion behavior of the zebrafish embryo and larva.

scientific article published in December 1996

Genes establishing dorsoventral pattern formation in the zebrafish embryo: the ventral specifying genes

scientific article published in December 1996

Genes involved in forebrain development in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

scientific article published in December 1996

Genetic Analysis of Vertebrate Sensory Hair Cell Mechanosensation: the Zebrafish Circler Mutants

scientific article published on February 1, 1998

Genetic analysis of fin formation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

scientific article published in December 1996

Genetic analysis of pattern-formation in the embryo ofDrosophila melanogaster : Characterization of the maternal-effect mutantBicaudal

scientific article published on 01 September 1977

Genetic dissection of the retinotectal projection.

scientific article published in December 1996

Genetic lineage labeling in zebrafish uncovers novel neural crest contributions to the head, including gill pillar cells

scientific article published in February 2013

Germ line control of female sex determination in zebrafish

scientific article published on 7 October 2008

Heterogeneity across the dorso-ventral axis in zebrafish EVL is regulated by a novel module consisting of sox, snail1a and max genes

scientific article published in March 2012

Heterotypic interactions regulate cell shape and density during color pattern formation in zebrafish

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

High-frequency germ-line transmission of plasmid DNA sequences injected into fertilized zebrafish eggs

scientific article published on September 1991

Homotypic cell competition regulates proliferation and tiling of zebrafish pigment cells during colour pattern formation

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How fish color their skin: A paradigm for development and evolution of adult patterns: Multipotency, plasticity, and cell competition regulate proliferation and spreading of pigment cells in Zebrafish coloration

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Identification of recessive maternal-effect mutations in the zebrafish using a gynogenesis-based method

scientific article published in October 2004

Information for the dorsal--ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA.

scientific article published in September 1984

Involvement of chitin in exoskeleton morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published in April 2005

Involvement of the pumilio gene in the transport of an abdominal signal in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in Nature

Iridophores and their interactions with other chromatophores are required for stripe formation in zebrafish

scientific article published on July 2013

Isolation and cytogenetic characterization of zebrafish meiotic prophase I mutants

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Jaw and branchial arch mutants in zebrafish I: branchial arches

scientific article published in December 1996

Jaw and branchial arch mutants in zebrafish II: anterior arches and cartilage differentiation

scientific article published in December 1996

Krapfen/dMyd88 is required for the establishment of dorsoventral pattern in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in February 2003

Krüppel, a gene whose activity is required early in the zygotic genome for normal embryonic segmentation

scientific article published in July 1984

Large scale genetics in a small vertebrate, the zebrafish

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Large-scale mapping of mutations affecting zebrafish development.

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Large-scale mutagenesis in the zebrafish: in search of genes controlling development in a vertebrate

scientific article published in March 1994

Left-right pattern of cardiac BMP4 may drive asymmetry of the heart in zebrafish

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Lgl2 and E-cadherin act antagonistically to regulate hemidesmosome formation during epidermal development in zebrafish

scientific article published on 4 March 2009

Lgl2 executes its function as a tumor suppressor by regulating ErbB signaling in the zebrafish epidermis

scientific article

Live imaging of neuronal degradation by microglia reveals a role for v0-ATPase a1 in phagosomal fusion in vivo

scientific article published in May 2008

Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish

scientific article published on 28 August 2014

Localized requirement for torso-like expression in follicle cells for development of terminal anlagen of the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in August 1990

Manipulating the anteroposterior pattern of the Drosophila embryo.

scientific article published in October 1986

Migration and function of a glial subtype in the vertebrate peripheral nervous system

scientific article published in May 2002

Multiple extracellular activities in Drosophila egg perivitelline fluid are required for establishment of embryonic dorsal-ventral polarity

scientific article published on February 7, 1992

Multiple steps in the localization of bicoid RNA to the anterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte

scientific article published in January 1989

Mutational approaches to studying embryonic pattern formation in the zebrafish

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Mutations affecting development of the midline and general body shape during zebrafish embryogenesis.

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations affecting development of the zebrafish inner ear and lateral line.

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations affecting morphogenesis during gastrulation and tail formation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

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Mutations affecting neurogenesis and brain morphology in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila

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Mutations affecting somite formation and patterning in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

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Mutations affecting the cardiovascular system and other internal organs in zebrafish

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations affecting the formation of the notochord in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations affecting xanthophore pigmentation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations disrupting the ordering and topographic mapping of axons in the retinotectal projection of the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

scientific article published in December 1996

Mutations in zebrafish genes affecting the formation of the boundary between midbrain and hindbrain

scientific article published in December 1996

Myosin Vb mediated plasma membrane homeostasis regulates peridermal cell size and maintains tissue homeostasis in the zebrafish epidermis

scientific article (publication date: September 2014)

Myosin-V regulates oskar mRNA localization in the Drosophila oocyte

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Neural degeneration mutants in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

scientific article published in December 1996

Obituary: Hans Meinhardt (1938-2016).

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Of flies and fishes

scientific article published on October 1994

On the embryonic origin of adult melanophores: the role of ErbB and Kit signalling in establishing melanophore stem cells in zebrafish

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Organization of anterior pattern in the Drosophila embryo by the maternal gene bicoid

scientific article published in Nature

Origin and development of the zebrafish endoderm.

scientific article published in February 1999

Partial rescue of dorsal, a maternal effect mutation affecting the dorso-ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo, by the injection of wild-type cytoplasm.

scientific article published on January 1983

Patterning of the zebrafish retina by a wave of sonic hedgehog activity

scientific article published in September 2000

Pigment Cell Progenitors in Zebrafish Remain Multipotent through Metamorphosis

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Precise and efficient genome editing in zebrafish using the CRISPR/Cas9 system

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colouration of zebrafish

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Retroactive, a membrane-anchored extracellular protein related to vertebrate snake neurotoxin-like proteins, is required for cuticle organization in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster

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Scales of fish arise from mesoderm

scientific article published in May 2013

Segmental organisation of the head in the embryo of Drosophila melanogaster : A blastoderm fate map of the cuticle structures of the larval head

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Simplet controls cell proliferation and gene transcription during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

Single RNA Polymerase Binding Site Isolated

scientific article published on November 1, 1972

Slc45a2 and V-ATPase are regulators of melanosomal pH homeostasis in zebrafish, providing a mechanism for human pigment evolution and disease.

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Somitogenesis in zebrafish

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Spermidine, but not spermine, is essential for pigment pattern formation in zebrafish

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Staufen protein associates with the 3'UTR of bicoid mRNA to form particles that move in a microtubule-dependent manner

scientific article published in December 1994

The Developmental Genetics of Vertebrate Color Pattern Formation: Lessons from Zebrafish

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

The Drosophila gene torso encodes a putative receptor tyrosine kinase

scientific article published in April 1989

The Heidelberg Screen for Pattern Mutants of Drosophila: A Personal Account

scientific article

The bicoid protein determines position in the Drosophila embryo in a concentration-dependent manner

scientific article published on July 1, 1988

The bicoid protein is a positive regulator of hunchback transcription in the early Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in January 1989

The control of cell fate along the dorsal-ventral axis of the Drosophila embryo.

scientific article published in September 1991

The endoderm plays an important role in patterning the segmented pharyngeal region in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

scientific article published in September 2000

The expression of a zebrafish gene homologous to Drosophila snail suggests a conserved function in invertebrate and vertebrate gastrulation

scientific article published in December 1993

The function of silberblick in the positioning of the eye anlage in the zebrafish embryo

scientific article published in April 1997

The functional domains of the Drosophila morphogen dorsal: evidence from the analysis of mutants

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

The gammaTuRC components Grip75 and Grip128 have an essential microtubule-anchoring function in the Drosophila germline

scientific article published on 13 September 2006

The genetics of the dorsal-Bicaudal-D region of Drosophila melanogaster

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The identification of genes involved in the evolution of color patterns in fish

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

scientific article published in December 1996

The maternal gene nanos has a central role in posterior pattern formation of the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published in July 1991

The maternal-effect gene futile cycle is essential for pronuclear congression and mitotic spindle assembly in the zebrafish zygote

scientific article published in September 2003

The molecular motor dynein is involved in targeting swallow and bicoid RNA to the anterior pole of Drosophila oocytes

scientific article published in April 2000

The origin of pattern and polarity in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published on January 24, 1992

The polarity of the dorsoventral axis in the Drosophila embryo is defined by an extracellular signal

scientific article published in May 1991

The protein product of the zebrafish homologue of the mouse T gene is expressed in nuclei of the germ ring and the notochord of the early embryo

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

The role of localization of bicoid RNA in organizing the anterior pattern of the Drosophila embryo

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The zebrafish early arrest mutants.

scientific article published in December 1996

The zebrafish epiboly mutants

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

The zebrafish issue of Development

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome

scientific article (publication date: 25 April 2013)

Tight Junction Protein 1a regulates pigment cell organisation during zebrafish colour patterning

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Torso receptor activity is regulated by a diffusible ligand produced at the extracellular terminal regions of the Drosophila egg

scientific article published on December 11, 1992

Towing of sensory axons by their migrating target cells in vivo

scientific article published on 18 April 2004

Two distinct cell populations in the floor plate of the zebrafish are induced by different pathways

scientific article published in March 2000

Walter Gehring (1939–2014).

scientific article published in July 2014

Women in science--passion and prejudice

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Zebrafish Leucocyte tyrosine kinase controls iridophore establishment, proliferation and survival

scientific article published on 23 January 2016

Zebrafish Touch-Insensitive Mutants Reveal an Essential Role for the Developmental Regulation of Sodium Current

scientific article published on November 15, 1998

Zebrafish eda and edar mutants reveal conserved and ancestral roles of ectodysplasin signaling in vertebrates

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Zebrafish mutations affecting retinotectal axon pathfinding.

scientific article published in December 1996

Zebrafish pea3 and erm are general targets of FGF8 signaling

scientific article published in April 2001

Zebrafish penner/lethal giant larvae 2 functions in hemidesmosome formation, maintenance of cellular morphology and growth regulation in the developing basal epidermis

scientific article published on July 2005

Zebrafish pigmentation mutations and the processes of neural crest development.

scientific article published in December 1996

Zebrafish segmentation and pair-rule patterning

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Zebrafish stripes as a model for vertebrate colour pattern formation

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cactus, a gene involved in dorsoventral pattern formation of Drosophila, is related to the I kappa B gene family of vertebrates

scientific article published on November 13, 1992

cactus, a maternal gene required for proper formation of the dorsoventral morphogen gradient in Drosophila embryos

scientific article published on June 1, 1991

chokh/rx3 specifies the retinal pigment epithelium fate independently of eye morphogenesis

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dino and mercedes, two genes regulating dorsal development in the zebrafish embryo

scientific article published in December 1996

fork head domain genes in zebrafish

scientific article published on July 1, 1998

her1 and the notch pathway function within the oscillator mechanism that regulates zebrafish somitogenesis

scientific article published in March 2002

hunchback, a gene required for segmentation of an anterior and posterior region of the Drosophila embryo

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no tail (ntl) is the zebrafish homologue of the mouse T (Brachyury) gene

scientific article published on April 1, 1994

staufen, a gene required to localize maternal RNAs in the Drosophila egg

scientific article published on July 12, 1991

transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

scientific article published on 03 June 2013