Reading List: Hons 2010

Elms, P., Siggers, P., Napper, D., Greenfield, A. and Arkell, R. (2003). Zic2 is required for neural crest formation and hindbrain patterning during mouse development. Dev Biol 264, 391-406.

Brown, L., Paraso, M., Arkell, R. and Brown, S. (2005). In vitro analysis of partial loss-of-function ZIC2 mutations in holoprosencephaly: alanine tract expansion modulates DNA binding and transactivation. Hum Mol Genet 14, 411-20.

Warr, N., Powles-Glover, N., Chappell, A., Robson, J., Norris, D. and Arkell, R. M. (2008). Zic2-associated holoprosencephaly is caused by a transient defect in the organizer region during gastrulation. Hum Mol Genet 17, 2986-96.

Merzdorf, C. S. (2007). Emerging roles for zic genes in early development. Dev Dyn 236, 922-40.

Latchman, D. S. (1997). Transcription factors: an overview. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 29, 1305-12.

Sim, H., Argentaro, A. and Harley, V. R. (2008). Boys, girls and shuttling of SRY and SOX9. Trends Endocrinol Metab 19, 213-22.

Lyst, M. J. and Stancheva, I. (2007). A role for SUMO modification in transcriptional repression and activation. Biochem Soc Trans 35, 1389-92.

Gill, G. (2005a). Something about SUMO inhibits transcription. Curr Opin Genet Dev 15, 536-41.