List of Publications

Kawaguchi, A., Wang, J., Knapp, D (...) Fei, JF., Tanaka, EM. (2024). A chromatin code for limb segment identity in axolotl limb regeneration. Dev Cell.

Krammer, T., Stuart, HT., Gromberg, E (...) Kicheva, A., Tanaka, EM. (2024). Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition. Dev Cell.

Murawala, P., Oliveira, CR., Okulski, H., Yun, MH., Tanaka, EM. (2023). Baculovirus Production and Infection in Axolotls. Methods Mol Biol. 2562:369-387

Nowoshilow, S., Tanaka, EM. (2023). Navigation and Use of Custom Tracks within the Axolotl Genome Browser. Methods Mol Biol. 2562:273-289

Masselink, W., Tanaka, EM. (2023). Ethyl Cinnamate-Based Tissue Clearing Strategies. Methods Mol Biol. 2562:123-133

Tanaka, EM. (2023). Now that We Got There, What Next? Methods Mol Biol. 2562:471-479

Ishihara, K., Mukherjee, A., Gromberg, E (...) Tanaka, EM., Jülicher, F. (2023). Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids. Nat Phys. 19(2):177-183

Delás, MJ., Kalaitzis, CM., Fawzi, T (...) Tanaka, EM., Briscoe, J. (2023). Developmental cell fate choice in neural tube progenitors employs two distinct cis-regulatory strategies. Dev Cell. 58(1):3-17.e8

Taniguchi-Sugiura, Y., Tanaka, EM. (2023). Artificial Insemination in Axolotl. Methods Mol Biol. 2562:417-423

Kawaguchi, A., Tanaka, EM. (2023). Chromosome Conformation Capture for Large Genomes. Methods Mol Biol. 2562:291-318

Falcon, F., Tanaka, EM., Rodriguez-Terrones, D. (2023). Transposon waves at the water-to-land transition. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 81:102059

Nowoshilow, S., Fei, JF., Voss, SR., Tanaka, EM., Murawala, P. (2022). Gene and transgenics nomenclature for the laboratory axolotl-Ambystoma mexicanum. Dev Dyn. 251(6):913-921

Echeverri, K., Fei, J., Tanaka, EM. (2022). The Axolotl's journey to the modern molecular era. Curr Top Dev Biol. 147:631-658

Lust, K., Maynard, A., Gomes, T (...) Tanaka, EM., Treutlein, B. (2022). Single-cell analyses of axolotl telencephalon organization, neurogenesis, and regeneration. Science. 377(6610):eabp9262

Polikarpova, A., Ellinghaus, A., Schmidt-Bleek, O (...) Tanaka, EM., Schmidt-Bleek, K. (2022). The specialist in regeneration-the Axolotl-a suitable model to study bone healing? NPJ Regen Med. 7(1):35

Glotzer, GL., Tardivo, P., Tanaka, EM. (2022). Canonical Wnt signaling and the regulation of divergent mesenchymal Fgf8 expression in axolotl limb development and regeneration. Elife. 11

Lin, TY., Taniguchi-Sugiura, Y., Murawala, P., Hermann, S., Tanaka, EM. (2022). Inducible and tissue-specific cell labeling in Cre-ER<sup>T2</sup> transgenic Xenopus lines. Dev Growth Differ. 64(5):243-253

Oliveira, CR., Knapp, D., Elewa, A (...) Simon, A., Yun, MH. (2022). Tig1 regulates proximo-distal identity during salamander limb regeneration. Nat Commun. 13(1):1141

Otsuki, L., Tanaka, EM. (2022). Positional Memory in Vertebrate Regeneration: A Century's Insights from the Salamander Limb. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 14(6)

Kaucka, M., Joven Araus, A., Tesarova, M (...) Simon, A., Adameyko, I. (2022). Altered developmental programs and oriented cell divisions lead to bulky bones during salamander limb regeneration. Nat Commun. 13(1):6949

Hu, Y., Pan, X., Shi, Y (...) Tanaka, EM., Fei, JF. (2022). Muscles are barely required for the patterning and cell dynamics in axolotl limb regeneration. Front Genet. 13:1036641

Cura Costa, E., Otsuki, L., Rodrigo Albors, A., Tanaka, EM., Chara, O. (2021). Spatiotemporal control of cell cycle acceleration during axolotl spinal cord regeneration. Elife. 10

Bassat, E., Tanaka, EM. (2021). The cellular and signaling dynamics of salamander limb regeneration. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 73:117-123

Lin, TY., Gerber, T., Taniguchi-Sugiura, Y (...) Treutlein, B., Tanaka, EM. (2021). Fibroblast dedifferentiation as a determinant of successful regeneration. Dev Cell. 56(10):1541-1551.e6

Masselink, W., Tanaka, EM. (2021). Toward whole tissue imaging of axolotl regeneration. Dev Dyn. 250(6):800-806

Schloissnig, S., Kawaguchi, A., Nowoshilow, S (...) Voss, SR., Tanaka, EM. (2021). The giant axolotl genome uncovers the evolution, scaling, and transcriptional control of complex gene loci. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118(15)

Poss, KD., Tanaka, EM. (2021). A new society for regenerative biologists. Development. 148(3)

Meyer, A., Schloissnig, S., Franchini, P (...) Tanaka, EM., Schartl, M. (2021). Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates. Nature. 590(7845):284-289

Pende, M., Vadiwala, K., Schmidbaur, H (...) Raible, F., Dodt, HU. (2020). A versatile depigmentation, clearing, and labeling method for exploring nervous system diversity. Sci Adv. 6(22):eaba0365

Meyer, K., Morales-Navarrete, H., Seifert, S (...) Kalaidzidis, Y., Zerial, M. (2020). Bile canaliculi remodeling activates YAP via the actin cytoskeleton during liver regeneration. Mol Syst Biol. 16(2):e8985

Schreiter, S., Vafia, K., Barsacchi, R (...) Tanaka, EM., Almedawar, S. (2020). A Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Based Screening Platform Reveals Inducers of Photoreceptor Outer Segments Phagocytosis. Stem Cell Reports. 15(6):1347-1361

Almedawar, S., Vafia, K., Schreiter, S (...) Tsang, SH., Tanaka, EM. (2020). MERTK-Dependent Ensheathment of Photoreceptor Outer Segments by Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Stem Cell Reports. 14(3):374-389

Nowoshilow, S., Tanaka, EM. (2020). Introducing www.axolotl-omics.org - an integrated -omics data portal for the axolotl research community. Exp Cell Res. 394(1):112143

Soukup, V., Tazaki, A., Yamazaki, Y (...) Tanaka, EM., Cerny, R. (2020). Oral and Palatal Dentition of Axolotl Arises From a Common Tooth-Competent Zone Along the Ecto-Endodermal Boundary. Front Cell Dev Biol. 8:622308

Fei, JF., Lou, WP., Knapp, D (...) Khattak, S., Tanaka, EM. (2019). Publisher Correction: Application and optimization of CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome engineering in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Nat Protoc. 14(8):2597

Currie, JD., Grosser, L., Murawala, P (...) Tanaka, EM., Sandoval-Guzmán, T. (2019). The <i>Prrx1</i> limb enhancer marks an adult subpopulation of injury-responsive dermal fibroblasts. Biol Open. 8(7)

Masselink, W., Reumann, D., Murawala, P (...) Knoblich, JA., Tanaka, EM. (2019). Broad applicability of a streamlined ethyl cinnamate-based clearing procedure. Development. 146(3)

Lust, K., Tanaka, EM. (2019). A Comparative Perspective on Brain Regeneration in Amphibians and Teleost Fish. Dev Neurobiol. 79(5):424-436

Fei, JF., Lou, WP., Knapp, D (...) Khattak, S., Tanaka, EM. (2018). Application and optimization of CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome engineering in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Nat Protoc. 13(12):2908-2943

Tanaka, EM. (2018). Regenerating tissues. Science. 360(6387):374-375

Nowoshilow, S., Schloissnig, S., Fei, JF (...) Tanaka, EM., Myers, EW. (2018). Author Correction: The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators. Nature. 559(7712):E2

Gerber, T., Murawala, P., Knapp, D (...) Tanaka, EM., Treutlein, B. (2018). Single-cell analysis uncovers convergence of cell identities during axolotl limb regeneration. Science. 362(6413)

Medelnik, JP., Roensch, K., Okawa, S (...) Mchedlishvili, L., Tanaka, EM. (2018). Signaling-Dependent Control of Apical Membrane Size and Self-Renewal in Rosette-Stage Human Neuroepithelial Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 10(6):1751-1765

Nowoshilow, S., Schloissnig, S., Fei, JF (...) Tanaka, EM., Myers, EW. (2018). The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators. Nature. 554(7690):50-55

Oliveira, CR., Lemaitre, R., Murawala, P (...) Drechsel, DN., Tanaka, EM. (2018). Pseudotyped baculovirus is an effective gene expression tool for studying molecular function during axolotl limb regeneration. Dev Biol. 433(2):262-275

Ocaña, OH., Coskun, H., Minguillón, C (...) Muñoz-Chápuli, R., Nieto, MA. (2017). A right-handed signalling pathway drives heart looping in vertebrates. Nature. 549(7670):86-90

Ishihara, K., Ranga, A., Lutolf, MP., Tanaka, EM., Meinhardt, A. (2017). Reconstitution of a Patterned Neural Tube from Single Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 1597:43-55

Wagner, I., Wang, H., Weissert, PM (...) Drechsel, DN., Tanaka, EM. (2017). Serum Proteases Potentiate BMP-Induced Cell Cycle Re-entry of Dedifferentiating Muscle Cells during Newt Limb Regeneration. Dev Cell. 40(6):608-617.e6

Fei, JF., Schuez, M., Knapp, D (...) Drechsel, DN., Tanaka, EM. (2017). Efficient gene knockin in axolotl and its use to test the role of satellite cells in limb regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(47):12501-12506

Russell, JJ., Theriot, JA., Sood, P (...) Hu, CK., Brunet, A. (2017). Non-model model organisms. BMC Biol. 15(1):55

Kaucka, M., Zikmund, T., Tesarova, M (...) Fried, K., Adameyko, I. (2017). Oriented clonal cell dynamics enables accurate growth and shaping of vertebrate cartilage. Elife. 6

Tazaki, A., Tanaka, EM., Fei, JF. (2017). Salamander spinal cord regeneration: The ultimate positive control in vertebrate spinal cord regeneration. Dev Biol. 432(1):63-71

Sugiura, T., Wang, H., Barsacchi, R., Simon, A., Tanaka, EM. (2016). MARCKS-like protein is an initiating molecule in axolotl appendage regeneration. Nature. 531(7593):237-40

Tanaka, EM. (2016). The Molecular and Cellular Choreography of Appendage Regeneration. Cell. 165(7):1598-1608

Nacu, E., Gromberg, E., Oliveira, CR., Drechsel, D., Tanaka, EM. (2016). FGF8 and SHH substitute for anterior-posterior tissue interactions to induce limb regeneration. Nature. 533(7603):407-10

Reddien, PW., Tanaka, EM. (2016). Editorial overview: Cell reprogramming, regeneration and repair. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 40:iv-vi

Ranga, A., Girgin, M., Meinhardt, A (...) Tanaka, EM., Lutolf, MP. (2016). Neural tube morphogenesis in synthetic 3D microenvironments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(44):E6831-E6839

Rost, F., Rodrigo Albors, A., Mazurov, V (...) Tanaka, EM., Chara, O. (2016). Accelerated cell divisions drive the outgrowth of the regenerating spinal cord in axolotls. Elife. 5

Currie, JD., Kawaguchi, A., Traspas, RM (...) Chara, O., Tanaka, EM. (2016). Live Imaging of Axolotl Digit Regeneration Reveals Spatiotemporal Choreography of Diverse Connective Tissue Progenitor Pools. Dev Cell. 39(4):411-423

Zhu, Y., Schreiter, S., Tanaka, EM. (2016). Accelerated Three-Dimensional Neuroepithelium Formation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Its Use for Quantitative Differentiation to Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Methods Mol Biol. 1307:345-55

Khattak, S., Tanaka, EM. (2015). Transgenesis in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Methods Mol Biol. 1290:269-77

Rodrigo Albors, A., Tanaka, EM. (2015). High-efficiency electroporation of the spinal cord in larval axolotl. Methods Mol Biol. 1290:115-25

Vincent, CD., Rost, F., Masselink, W., Brusch, L., Tanaka, EM. (2015). Cellular dynamics underlying regeneration of appropriate segment number during axolotl tail regeneration. BMC Dev Biol. 15:48

Rodrigo Albors, A., Tazaki, A., Rost, F (...) Chara, O., Tanaka, EM. (2015). Planar cell polarity-mediated induction of neural stem cell expansion during axolotl spinal cord regeneration. Elife. 4:e10230

Chara, O., Tanaka, EM., Brusch, L. (2014). Mathematical modeling of regenerative processes. Curr Top Dev Biol. 108:283-317

Ader, M., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Modeling human development in 3D culture. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 31:23-8

Diogo, R., Nacu, E., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Is salamander limb regeneration really perfect? Anatomical and morphogenetic analysis of forelimb muscle regeneration in GFP-transgenic axolotls as a basis for regenerative, developmental, and evolutionary studies. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 297(6):1076-89

Khattak, S., Schuez, M., Richter, T (...) Kerney, R., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Germline Transgenic Methods for Tracking Cells and Testing Gene Function during Regeneration in the Axolotl. Stem Cell Reports. 2(2):243

Khattak, S., Murawala, P., Andreas, H (...) Crawford, K., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Optimized axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) husbandry, breeding, metamorphosis, transgenesis and tamoxifen-mediated recombination. Nat Protoc. 9(3):529-40

Carido, M., Zhu, Y., Postel, K (...) Tanaka, EM., Ader, M. (2014). Characterization of a mouse model with complete RPE loss and its use for RPE cell transplantation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 55(8):5431-44

Meinhardt, A., Eberle, D., Tazaki, A (...) Lutolf, M., Tanaka, EM. (2014). 3D reconstitution of the patterned neural tube from embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 3(6):987-99

Fei, JF., Schuez, M., Tazaki, A (...) Roensch, K., Tanaka, EM. (2014). CRISPR-mediated genomic deletion of Sox2 in the axolotl shows a requirement in spinal cord neural stem cell amplification during tail regeneration. Stem Cell Reports. 3(3):444-59

Diogo, R., Murawala, P., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Is salamander hindlimb regeneration similar to that of the forelimb? Anatomical and morphogenetic analysis of hindlimb muscle regeneration in GFP-transgenic axolotls as a basis for regenerative and developmental studies. J Anat. 224(4):459-68

Diogo, R., Tanaka, EM. (2014). Development of fore- and hindlimb muscles in GFP-transgenic axolotls: morphogenesis, the tetrapod bauplan, and new insights on the forelimb-hindlimb enigma. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 322(2):106-27

Sandoval-Guzmán, T., Wang, H., Khattak, S (...) Tanaka, EM., Simon, A. (2014). Fundamental differences in dedifferentiation and stem cell recruitment during skeletal muscle regeneration in two salamander species. Cell Stem Cell. 14(2):174-87

Roensch, K., Tazaki, A., Chara, O., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Progressive specification rather than intercalation of segments during limb regeneration. Science. 342(6164):1375-9

Stewart, R., Rascón, CA., Tian, S (...) Thomson, JA., Dewey, CN. (2013). Comparative RNA-seq analysis in the unsequenced axolotl: the oncogene burst highlights early gene expression in the blastema. PLoS Comput Biol. 9(3):e1002936

Nacu, E., Glausch, M., Le, HQ (...) Richter, T., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Connective tissue cells, but not muscle cells, are involved in establishing the proximo-distal outcome of limb regeneration in the axolotl. Development. 140(3):513-8

Kragl, M., Roensch, K., Nüsslein, I (...) Agata, K., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Muscle and connective tissue progenitor populations show distinct Twist1 and Twist3 expression profiles during axolotl limb regeneration. Dev Biol. 373(1):196-204

Jászai, J., Graupner, S., Tanaka, EM (...) Brand, M., Corbeil, D. (2013). Spatial distribution of prominin-1 (CD133)-positive cells within germinative zones of the vertebrate brain. PLoS One. 8(5):e63457

Knapp, D., Schulz, H., Rascon, CA (...) Habermann, B., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Comparative transcriptional profiling of the axolotl limb identifies a tripartite regeneration-specific gene program. PLoS One. 8(5):e61352

Khattak, S., Sandoval-Guzmán, T., Stanke, N (...) Tanaka, EM., Lindemann, D. (2013). Foamy virus for efficient gene transfer in regeneration studies. BMC Dev Biol. 13:17

Simon, A., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Limb regeneration. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2(2):291-300

Zhu, Y., Carido, M., Meinhardt, A (...) Ader, M., Tanaka, EM. (2013). Three-dimensional neuroepithelial culture from human embryonic stem cells and its use for quantitative conversion to retinal pigment epithelium. PLoS One. 8(1):e54552

Tapia, N., Reinhardt, P., Duemmler, A (...) Tanaka, EM., Schöler, HR. (2012). Reprogramming to pluripotency is an ancient trait of vertebrate Oct4 and Pou2 proteins. Nat Commun. 3:1279

Murawala, P., Tanaka, EM., Currie, JD. (2012). Regeneration: the ultimate example of wound healing. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 23(9):954-62

McHedlishvili, L., Mazurov, V., Tanaka, EM. (2012). Reconstitution of the central nervous system during salamander tail regeneration from the implanted neurospheres. Methods Mol Biol. 916:197-202

Plath, K., Srivastava, D., Alvarez-Buylla, A., Tanaka, EM., Kriegstein, AR. (2012). Stem cells in the land of the rising sun: ISSCR 2012. Cell Stem Cell. 11(5):607-14

Knapp, D., Tanaka, EM. (2012). Regeneration and reprogramming. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 22(5):485-93

Tanaka, EM. (2012). Regenerative biology: Skin, heal thyself. Nature. 489(7417):508-10

Diogo, R., Tanaka, EM. (2012). Anatomy of the pectoral and forelimb muscles of wildtype and green fluorescent protein-transgenic axolotls and comparison with other tetrapods including humans: a basis for regenerative, evolutionary and developmental studies. J Anat. 221(6):622-35

McHedlishvili, L., Mazurov, V., Grassme, KS (...) Duemmler, A., Tanaka, EM. (2012). Reconstitution of the central and peripheral nervous system during salamander tail regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(34):E2258-66

Protze, S., Khattak, S., Poulet, C (...) Tanaka, EM., Ravens, U. (2012). A new approach to transcription factor screening for reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocyte-like cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 53(3):323-32

Epperlein, HH., Khattak, S., Knapp, D., Tanaka, EM., Malashichev, YB. (2012). Neural crest does not contribute to the neck and shoulder in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). PLoS One. 7(12):e52244

Nacu, E., Tanaka, EM. (2011). Limb regeneration: a new development? Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 27:409-40

Campbell, LJ., Suárez-Castillo, EC., Ortiz-Zuazaga, H (...) Tanaka, EM., Crews, CM. (2011). Gene expression profile of the regeneration epithelium during axolotl limb regeneration. Dev Dyn. 240(7):1826-40

Jászai, J., Fargeas, CA., Graupner, S (...) Huttner, WB., Corbeil, D. (2011). Distinct and conserved prominin-1/CD133-positive retinal cell populations identified across species. PLoS One. 6(3):e17590

Tanaka, EM., Reddien, PW. (2011). The cellular basis for animal regeneration. Dev Cell. 21(1):172-85

Ishizaki, K., Suzuki, K., Mito, T., Tanaka, EM., Sato, S. (2010). Morphologic, functional, and occlusal characterization of mandibular lateral displacement malocclusion. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 137(4):454.e1-9; discussion 454-5

Antos, CL., Tanaka, EM. (2010). Vertebrates that regenerate as models for guiding stem cels. Adv Exp Med Biol. 695:184-214

Berg, DA., Kirkham, M., Beljajeva, A (...) Tanaka, EM., Simon, A. (2010). Efficient regeneration by activation of neurogenesis in homeostatically quiescent regions of the adult vertebrate brain. Development. 137(24):4127-34

Gin, E., Tanaka, EM., Brusch, L. (2010). A model for cyst lumen expansion and size regulation via fluid secretion. J Theor Biol. 264(3):1077-88

Kragl, M., Tanaka, EM. (2009). Grafting axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) limb skin and cartilage from GFP+ donors to normal hosts. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.prot5266

Kragl, M., Tanaka, EM. (2009). Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) limb and tail amputation. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.prot5267

Nacu, E., Knapp, D., Tanaka, EM., Epperlein, HH. (2009). Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) embryonic transplantation methods. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.prot5265

Khattak, S., Richter, T., Tanaka, EM. (2009). Generation of transgenic axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum). Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.prot5264

Khattak, S., Tanaka, EM. (2009). Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) in vitro fertilization. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.prot5263

Voss, SR., Epperlein, HH., Tanaka, EM. (2009). Ambystoma mexicanum, the axolotl: a versatile amphibian model for regeneration, development, and evolution studies. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2009(8):pdb.emo128

Tanaka, EM., Ferretti, P. (2009). Considering the evolution of regeneration in the central nervous system. Nat Rev Neurosci. 10(10):713-23

Sasaguri, K., Ishizaki-Takeuchi, R., Kuramae, S (...) Sakurai, T., Sato, S. (2009). The temporomandibular joint in a rheumatoid arthritis patient after orthodontic treatment. Angle Orthod. 79(4):804-11

Tanaka, EM., Sato, S. (2008). Longitudinal alteration of the occlusal plane and development of different dentoskeletal frames during growth. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 134(5):602.e1-11; discussion 602-3

Kragl, M., Knapp, D., Nacu, E (...) Epperlein, HH., Tanaka, EM. (2008). Novel insights into the flexibility of cell and positional identity during urodele limb regeneration. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 73:583-92

Tanaka, EM., Weidinger, G. (2008). Micromanaging regeneration. Genes Dev. 22(6):700-5

Tanaka, EM., Weidinger, G. (2008). Heads or tails: can Wnt tell which one is up? Nat Cell Biol. 10(2):122-4

Lynch, SL., Boon, AJ., Smith, J., Harper, CM., Tanaka, EM. (2008). Complications of needle electromyography: hematoma risk and correlation with anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy. Muscle Nerve. 38(4):1225-30

McHedlishvili, L., Epperlein, HH., Telzerow, A., Tanaka, EM. (2007). A clonal analysis of neural progenitors during axolotl spinal cord regeneration reveals evidence for both spatially restricted and multipotent progenitors. Development. 134(11):2083-93

Lööf, S., Straube, WL., Drechsel, D., Tanaka, EM., Simon, A. (2007). Plasticity of mammalian myotubes upon stimulation with a thrombin-activated serum factor. Cell Cycle. 6(9):1096-101

Straube, WL., Tanaka, EM. (2006). Reversibility of the differentiated state: regeneration in amphibians. Artif Organs. 30(10):743-55

Sobkow, L., Epperlein, HH., Herklotz, S., Straube, WL., Tanaka, EM. (2006). A germline GFP transgenic axolotl and its use to track cell fate: dual origin of the fin mesenchyme during development and the fate of blood cells during regeneration. Dev Biol. 290(2):386-97

Schnapp, E., Kragl, M., Rubin, L., Tanaka, EM. (2005). Hedgehog signaling controls dorsoventral patterning, blastema cell proliferation and cartilage induction during axolotl tail regeneration. Development. 132(14):3243-53

Echeverri, K., Tanaka, EM. (2005). Proximodistal patterning during limb regeneration. Dev Biol. 279(2):391-401

Schnapp, E., Tanaka, EM., Tamaka, EM. (2005). Quantitative evaluation of morpholino-mediated protein knockdown of GFP, MSX1, and PAX7 during tail regeneration in Ambystoma mexicanum. Dev Dyn. 232(1):162-70

Mercader, N., Tanaka, EM., Torres, M. (2005). Proximodistal identity during vertebrate limb regeneration is regulated by Meis homeodomain proteins. Development. 132(18):4131-42

da Silva, AV., Pezerico, SB., de Lima, VY (...) Ribeiro, MG., Langoni, H. (2005). Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from dogs with neurological signs. Vet Parasitol. 127(1):23-7

Habermann, B., Bebin, AG., Herklotz, S (...) Wiebe, G., Tanaka, EM. (2004). An Ambystoma mexicanum EST sequencing project: analysis of 17,352 expressed sequence tags from embryonic and regenerating blastema cDNA libraries. Genome Biol. 5(9):R67

Straube, WL., Brockes, JP., Drechsel, DN., Tanaka, EM. (2004). Plasticity and reprogramming of differentiated cells in amphibian regeneration: partial purification of a serum factor that triggers cell cycle re-entry in differentiated muscle cells. Cloning Stem Cells. 6(4):333-44

Tanaka, EM. (2003). Cell differentiation and cell fate during urodele tail and limb regeneration. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 13(5):497-501

Echeverri, K., Tanaka, EM. (2003). Electroporation as a tool to study in vivo spinal cord regeneration. Dev Dyn. 226(2):418-25

Tanaka, EM. (2003). Regeneration: if they can do it, why can't we? Cell. 113(5):559-62

Echeverri, K., Tanaka, EM. (2002). Mechanisms of muscle dedifferentiation during regeneration. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 13(5):353-60

Echeverri, K., Tanaka, EM. (2002). Ectoderm to mesoderm lineage switching during axolotl tail regeneration. Science. 298(5600):1993-6

Echeverri, K., Clarke, JD., Tanaka, EM. (2001). In vivo imaging indicates muscle fiber dedifferentiation is a major contributor to the regenerating tail blastema. Dev Biol. 236(1):151-64

Velloso, CP., Kumar, A., Tanaka, EM., Brockes, JP. (2000). Generation of mononucleate cells from post-mitotic myotubes proceeds in the absence of cell cycle progression. Differentiation. 66(4-5):239-46

Tanaka, EM., Drechsel, DN., Brockes, JP. (1999). Thrombin regulates S-phase re-entry by cultured newt myotubes. Curr Biol. 9(15):792-9

Tanaka, EM., Brockes, JP. (1998). A target of thrombin activation promotes cell cycle re-entry by urodele muscle cells. Wound Repair Regen. 6(4):371-81

Tanaka, EM., Gann, AA., Gates, PB., Brockes, JP. (1997). Newt myotubes reenter the cell cycle by phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein. J Cell Biol. 136(1):155-65

Odde, DJ., Tanaka, EM., Hawkins, SS., Buettner, HM. (1996). Stochastic dynamics of the nerve growth cone and its microtubules during neurite outgrowth. Biotechnol Bioeng. 50(4):452-61

Tanaka, EM., Gann, AF. (1995). Limb development. The budding role of FGF. Curr Biol. 5(6):594-7

Tanaka, EM., Kirschner, MW. (1991). Microtubule behavior in the growth cones of living neurons during axon elongation. J Cell Biol. 115(2):345-63