New paper.... in press.

Osmundson, EC, Ray D, Moore FE, Gao Q, Thomsen GH and Kiyokawa H. (2008). The HECT E3 ligase Smurf2 is required for Mad2-dependent spindle assembly checkpoint. Journal of Cell Biology 183(2):267-277.

Matus D, Magie C, Martindale MQ and Thomsen GH. (2008). The Hedgehog gene family of the cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis, and implications for understanding metazoan Hedgehog pathway evolution. Developmental Biology 313:501-518. [download pdf]

Matus DQ, Thomsen GH and Martindale MQ. (2007). FGF signaling in gastrulation and neural development in Nematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian. Development, Genes and Evolution. 217:137-148. [download pdf]

Alexandrova E. and Thomsen GH (2006). Smurf1 regulates neural patterning and folding in Xenopus embryos by antagonizing the BMP/Smad1 pathway. Developmental Biology 299:398-410. [download PDF]

Matus, DQ, Pang K, Marlow H, Dunn CW, Thomsen GH and Martindale, M.Q. (2006) Molecular evidence for deep evolutionary roots of bilaterality in animal development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:11195-11200 [download PDF]

D.Q. Matus, G.H. Thomsen and M.Q. Martindale (2006). Evolutionarily conserved "dorso-ventral" genes are asymmetrically expressed and involved in germ layer demarcation during cnidarian gastrulation. Current Biology 17:499-505. [download PDF]

G.H. Thomsen (2006). A new century of amphibian developmental Biology. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 17:78-79. Note: This issue highlights Xenopus research and was edited by G.H. Thomsen (see below). [download PDF]

E.M. Callery, J.C. Smith, and G.H. Thomsen (2005). The ARID domain protein XDril is required for TGFβ signaling in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 278:542-559. [download PDF]

H. Wang H., Y Zhang, A. Ogunjimi, E. Alexandrova, G.H. Thomsen and J.L. Wrana (2003). Regulation of Cell Polarity and Protrusion Formation by Targeting RhoA for Degradation. Science 302:1175-1179. [download PDF]

P. Kavsak, R.K. Rasmussen, C.G. Causing,, S. Bonni, H, Zhu, G.H. Thomsen and J.L. Wrana (2000). Smad7 binds to Smurf2 to form an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets the TGFβ receptor for degradation. Molecular Cell 6:1365-1375.

P. Hoodless, T. Tsukazaki, S. Nishimatsu, L. Attisano, J. Wrana and G.H. Thomsen. (1999). Dominant-negative Smad2 mutants inhibit activin/Vg1 signaling and disrupt axis formation in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 207: 364-379.[download PDF]

M. E. Horb and G.H. Thomsen. (1999). Tbx5 is essential for vertebrate heart formation. Development 126: 1739-1751.

H. Zhu, S. Abdollah, P. Kavsak, J. Wrana and G.H. Thomsen. (1999). A Smad ubiquitin ligase targets the BMP pathway and affects embryonic pattern formation. Nature 400: 687-692. [download PDF]

W. D. Tracey, M.E. Pepling, M.E. Horb, G.H. Thomsen and J.P. Gergen. (1998). A Xenopus homologue of AML-1 reveals unexpected patterning mechanisms leading to the formation of embryonic blood. Development 125: 1371-1380. [download PDF]

S. Nishimatsu and G.H. Thomsen. (1998). Ventral mesoderm induction and patterning by BMP heterodimers in Xenopus embryos. Mechanisms of Development 74: 75-88. [download PDF]

J. Tian, H. Gong, G.H. Thomsen and W. J. Lennarz. (1997) Xenopus laevis gamete interactions: Identification of sperm binding proteins in the egg vitelline envelope. Journal of Cell Biology 136: 1099-1108. [download PDF]

M.E. Horb and G.H. Thomsen. (1997). A vegetally localized T-box transcription factor in Xenopus eggs specifies mesoderm and endoderm and is essential for embryonic mesoderm formation. Development 124: 1689-1698.

J. Tian, H. Gong, G.H. Thomsen and W.J. Lennarz. (1997). Xenopus laevis sperm-Egg adhesion is regulated by modifications in the sperm receptor and vitelline envelope. Developmental Biology 187: 143-153. [download PDF]

J. Tian, G.H. Thomsen, H. Gong and W.J. Lennarz. (1997). Xenopus Cdc6 confers sperm binding competence to mature oocytes in the absence of meiotic maturation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 94:10729-10734. [download PDF]

G.H. Thomsen. (1997). Antagonism within and around the Spemann organizer: BMP inhibitors in vertebrate body patterning. Trends in Genetics 13: 209-211. [download PDF]

S. Nishimatsu, G.H. Thomsen and T. Nohno. (1997). Bone morphogenetic proteins and the body plan. Experimental Medicine (Japan) 15: 169-175.

G.H. Thomsen. (1996). Xenopus mothers against decapentaplegic is an embryonic ventralizing agent that acts downstream of the BMP-2/4 receptor. Development 122: 2359-2366.

K. Eppert, S. W. Scherer, H. Ozcelik, R. Pirone, P. Hoodless, H. Kim, L. Tsui, B. Bapat, S. Gallinger, I. Andrulis, G.H. Thomsen, J. L. Wrana and L. Attisano. (1996). MADR2 maps to 18q21 and encodes a TGFβ regulated MAD-related protein that is functionally mutated in colorectal carcinoma. Cell 86: 543-552.

Developmental Biology 203: 159-163.

A. Hemmati-Brivanlou and G.H. Thomsen. (1995). Ventral mesodermal patterning in Xenopus embryos: The expression patterns and activities of BMP-2 and BMP-4. Developmental Genetics 17: 78-89.

P.D. Vize and G.H. Thomsen. (1994). Vg1 and regional specification in vertebrates: a new role for an old molecule. Trends in Genetics 10: 371-376.

C. Dohrman, A. Hemmati-Brivanlou, G.H. Thomsen, A. Fields, T. Wolff, and D. Melton. (1993). Expression of activin mRNA during early development in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 157: 474-483.

G.H. Thomsen and D. A. Melton. (1993). Processed Vg1 protein is an axial mesoderm inducer in Xenopus. Cell 74: 433-441.

I. Harris, L. Mizrahi, T. Ziv, G.H. Thomsen and E. Mitrani. (1993). Identification of TGFβ-related genes in the early chick embryo. Roux's Archives of

K. Wharton, G.H. Thomsen and W. Gelbart. (1991). Drosophila 60A gene, a new TGF-β family member, is closely related to human bone morphogenetic proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 88: 9214-9218.

G. H. Thomsen, T. Woolf, M. Whitman, S. Sokol, J. Vaughn, W. Vale and D. Melton. (1990). Activins are expressed early in Xenopus embryogenesis and can induce axial mesoderm and anterior structures. Cell 63: 4854.

E. Mitrani, K. Ziv, G. H. Thomsen, Y. Shimoni, D. A. Melton and A. Bril. (1990). Activin can induce the formation of axial structures and is expressed in the hypoblast of the chick. Cell 63: 495-501.

G.H. Thomsen (2006). Issue Editor: "Frog Embryo Development." Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 17:78-153.

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