Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Large-scale mapping of mutations affecting zebrafish development (2007)

Geisler, Robert, Rauch, Gerd-Jörg, Geiger-Rudolph, Silke, Albrecht, Andrea, Van Bebber, Frauke, Berger, Andrea, ...

Abstract Background Large-scale mutagenesis screens in the zebrafish employing the mutagen ENU have isolated several hundred mutant loci that represent putative developmental control genes. In order...

Drosophila Knickkopf and Retroactive are needed for epithelial tube growth and cuticle differentiation through their specific requirement for chitin filament organization. (2006)

Moussian, Bernard, Tang, E., Tonning, A., Helms, Sigrun, Schwarz, Heinz, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane, ...

Precise epithelial tube diameters rely on coordinated cell shape changes and apical membrane enlargement during tube growth. Uniform tube expansion in the developing Drosophila trachea requires the...

The gammaTuRC components Grip75 and Grip128 have an essential microtubule-anchoring function in the Drosophila germline. (2006)

Vogt, Nina, Koch, Iris, Schwarz, Heinz, Schnorrer, Frank, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

The gamma-tubulin ring complex (gammaTuRC) forms an essential template for microtubule nucleation in animal cells. The molecular composition of the gammaTuRC has been described; however, the...

An F1 genetic screen for maternal-effect mutations affecting embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila melanogaster (2004)

Luschnig,Stefan, Moussian,Bernard, Krauss,Jana, Desjeux,Isabelle, Perkovic,Josip, Nüsslein-Volhard,Christiane

Large-scale screens for female-sterile mutations have revealed genes required maternally for establishment of the body axes in the Drosophila embryo. Although it is likely that the majority of...

Towing of sensory axons by their migrating target cells in vivo (2004)

Gilmour,Darren, Knaut,Holger, Maischein,Hans-Martin, Nüsslein-Volhard,Christiane

Many pathfinding axons must locate target fields that are themselves positioned by active migration. A hypothetical method for ensuring that these migrations are coordinated is towing, whereby the...

An F1 genetic screen for maternal-effect mutations affecting embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila melanogaster (2004)

Luschnig, Stefan, Moussian, Bernard, Krauss, Jana, Desjeux, Isabelle, Perkovic, Josip, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Large-scale screens for female-sterile mutations have revealed genes required maternally for establishment of the body axes in the Drosophila embryo. Although it is likely that the majority of...

Towing of sensory axons by their migrating target cells in vivo (2004)

Gilmour, Darren, Knaut, Holger, Maischein, Hans-Martin, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Many pathfinding axons must locate target fields that are themselves positioned by active migration. A hypothetical method for ensuring that these migrations are coordinated is towing, whereby the...

The maternal-effect gene futile cycle is essential for congression and mitotic spindle assembly in the zebrafish zygote (2003)

Dekens,Marcus, Pelegri,Francesco, Maischein,Hans-Martin, Nüsslein-Volhard,Christiane

Embryos have been successfully used for the general study of the cell cycle. Although there are significant differences between the early embryonic and the somatic cell cycle in vertebrates, the...

Formation of the adult pigment pattern in zebrafish requires leopard and obelix dependent cell interactions (2003)

Maderspacher,Florian, Nüsslein-Volhard,Christiane

Colour patterns are a prominent feature of many animals and are of high evolutionary relevance. In zebrafish, the adult pigment pattern comprises alternating stripes of two pigment cell types,...

The maternal-effect gene futile cycle is essential for congression and mitotic spindle assembly in the zebrafish zygote (2003)

Dekens, Marcus, Pelegri, Francesco, Maischein, Hans-Martin, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Embryos have been successfully used for the general study of the cell cycle. Although there are significant differences between the early embryonic and the somatic cell cycle in vertebrates, the...

Formation of the adult pigment pattern in zebrafish requires leopard and obelix dependent cell interactions (2003)

Maderspacher, Florian, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Colour patterns are a prominent feature of many animals and are of high evolutionary relevance. In zebrafish, the adult pigment pattern comprises alternating stripes of two pigment cell types,...

Zebrafish - A Practical Approach. (2002)

Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane, Dahm, Ralf

The zebrafish offers numerous advantages to researchers interested in embryonic development, physiology and disease. In the next few years the entire zebrafish genome will be sequenced, and several...

Control of her1 expression during zebrafish somitogenesis by a Delta-dependent oscillator and an independent wave-front activity

Holley, Scott A., Geisler, Robert, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Somitogenesis has been linked both to a molecular clock that controls the oscillation of gene expression in the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) and to Notch pathway signaling. The oscillator, or clock, is...

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

Santamaria, Pedro, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Mutant alleles at the maternal effect locus dorsal cause a dorsalization of the Drosophila embryo. In extreme mutants, the embryos develop exclusively structures which derive from the dorsal-most...

The Genetics of the DORSAL-BICAUDAL-D Region of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Steward, Ruth, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

The chromosomal region 36C on 2L contains two maternal-effect loci, dorsal (dl) and Bicaudal-D (Bic-D), which are involved in establishing polarity of the Drosophila embryo along the dorsal-ventral...

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

Luschnig, Stefan, Moussian, Bernard, Krauss, Jana, Desjeux, Isabelle, Perkovic, Josip, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Large-scale screens for female-sterile mutations have revealed genes required maternally for establishment of the body axes in the Drosophila embryo. Although it is likely that the majority of...

Control of her1 expression during zebrafish somitogenesis by a Delta-dependent oscillator and an independent wave-front activity

Holley, Scott A., Geisler, Robert, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Somitogenesis has been linked both to a molecular clock that controls the oscillation of gene expression in the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) and to Notch pathway signaling. The oscillator, or clock, is...

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

Santamaria, Pedro, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Mutant alleles at the maternal effect locus dorsal cause a dorsalization of the Drosophila embryo. In extreme mutants, the embryos develop exclusively structures which derive from the dorsal-most...

The Genetics of the DORSAL-BICAUDAL-D Region of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Steward, Ruth, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

The chromosomal region 36C on 2L contains two maternal-effect loci, dorsal (dl) and Bicaudal-D (Bic-D), which are involved in establishing polarity of the Drosophila embryo along the dorsal-ventral...

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

Luschnig, Stefan, Moussian, Bernard, Krauss, Jana, Desjeux, Isabelle, Perkovic, Josip, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Large-scale screens for female-sterile mutations have revealed genes required maternally for establishment of the body axes in the Drosophila embryo. Although it is likely that the majority of...

A Sponge-like Structure Involved in the Association and Transport of Maternal Products during Drosophila Oogenesis

Wilsch-Bräuninger, Michaela, Schwarz, Heinz, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Localization of maternally provided RNAs during oogenesis is required for formation of the antero–posterior axis of the Drosophila embryo. Here we describe a subcellular structure in nurse cells...

Zebrafish vasa RNA but Not Its Protein Is a Component of the Germ Plasm and Segregates Asymmetrically before Germline Specification

Knaut, Holger, Pelegri, Francisco, Bohmann, Kerstin, Schwarz, Heinz, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

Work in different organisms revealed that the vasa gene product is essential for germline specification. Here, we describe the asymmetric segregation of zebrafish vasa RNA, which distinguishes germ...

Zebrafish eda and edar Mutants Reveal Conserved and Ancestral Roles of Ectodysplasin Signaling in Vertebrates

Harris, Matthew P., Rohner, Nicolas, Schwarz, Heinz, Perathoner, Simon, Konstantinidis, Peter, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane

The genetic basis of the development and variation of adult form of vertebrates is not well understood. To address this problem, we performed a mutant screen to identify genes essential for the...

Lgl2 Executes Its Function as a Tumor Suppressor by Regulating ErbB Signaling in the Zebrafish Epidermis

Reischauer, Sven, Levesque, Mitchell P., Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane, Sonawane, Mahendra

Changes in tissue homeostasis, acquisition of invasive cell characteristics, and tumor formation can often be linked to the loss of epithelial cell polarity. In carcinogenesis, the grade of neoplasia...