Biography and Research Interest

Research Interests: The role of the TGF-beta antagonist Lefty during gastrulation and left-right development.

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Branford, W. W. and Yost, H. J. (2004). "Nodal signaling: Cryptic Lefty mechanism of antagonism decoded." Curr Biol 14(9): R341-3.

Branford, W. W. and Yost, H. J. (2002). "Lefty-dependent inhibition of Nodal- and Wnt-responsive organizer gene expression is essential for normal gastrulation." Curr Biol 12(24): 2136-41.

Branford, W. W., Benson, G. V., Ma, L., Maas, R. L., and Potter, S. S. (2000). "Characterization of Hoxa-10/Hoxa-11 transheterozygotes reveals functional redundancy and regulatory interactions." Dev Biol 224(2): 373-87.

Branford, W. W., Essner, J. J., and Yost, H. J. (2000). "Regulation of gut and heart left-right asymmetry by context-dependent interactions between Xenopus lefty and BMP4 signaling." Dev Biol 223(2): 291-306.

Potter, S. S. and Branford, W. W. (1998). "Evolutionary conservation and tissue-specific processing of Hoxa 11 antisense transcripts." Mamm Genome 9(10): 799-806.

Branford, W. W., Zhao, G. Q., Valerius, M. T., Weinstein, M., Birkenmeier, E. H., Rowe L. B., and Potter, S. S. (1997). "Spx1, a novel X-linked homeobox gene expressed during spermatogenesis." Mech Dev 65(1-2): 87-98.

Supp, D. M., Witte, D. P., Branford, W. W., Smith, E. P., and Potter, S. S. (1996). "Sp4, a member of the Sp1-family of zinc finger transcription factors, is required for normal murine growth, viability, and male fertility." Dev Biol 176(2): 284-99.

Argao, E. A., Kern, M. J., Branford, W. W., Scott, W. J. Jr., and Potter, S. S. (1995). "Malformations of the heart, kidney, palate, and skeleton in alpha-MHC-Hoxb-7 transgenic mice." Mech Dev 52(2-3): 291-303.

Hsieh-Li, H. M., Witte, D. P., Weinstein, M., Branford, W., Li, H., Small K., and Potter, S. S. (1995). "Hoxa 11 structure, extensive antisense transcription, and function in male and female fertility." Development 121(5): 1373-85.

Li, H., Witte, D. P., Branford, W. W., Aronow, B. J, Weinstein, M., Kaur, S., Wert, S., Singh, G., Schreiner, C. M., Whitsett, J. A., Scott, W. J. Jr., and Potter, S. S. (1994). "Gsh-4 encodes a LIM-type homeodomain, is expressed in the developing central nervous system and is required for early postnatal survival." EMBO J (12): 2876-85.