Rentzsch Group - Selected Publications

• Rentzsch F, Fritzenwanker JH, Scholz CB, and Technau U (2008). FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. Development, 135: 1761-1769.



• Rentzsch F, Guder C, Vocke D, Hobmayer B, Holstein TW (2007). An ancient chordin-like gene in organizer formation of Hydra. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 104 (9): 3249-3254.



• Shin D, Shin CH, Tucker J, Ober EA, Rentzsch F, Poss KD, Hammerschmidt M, Mullins MC, Stainier DYR (2007). Bmp and Fgf signaling are essential for liver specification in zebrafish. Development, 134: 2041-2050.



• Chocron S, Verhoeven MC, Rentzsch F, Hammerschmidt M, Bakkers J (2007). Zebrafish Bmp4 regulates left-right asymmetry at two distinct developmental time points. Dev Biol., 305: 577-588.



• Rentzsch F, Anton, R, Saina M, Hammerschmidt M, Holstein TW, Technau U (2006). Asymmetric expression of the Bmp antagonists chordin and gremlin in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: Implications for the evolution of axial patterning. Dev Biol., 296: 375-387.



• Chourrout D, Delsuc F, Chourrout P, Edvardsen RB, Rentzsch F, Renfer E, Jensen MF, Zhu B, de Jong P, Steele RE, Technau U (2006). Minimal protohox cluster inferred from bilaterian and cnidarian hox complements. Nature, 442: 684-687.



• Rentzsch F, Zhang J, Kramer C, Sebald W, Hammerschmidt M (2006). Crossveinless 2 is an essential positive feedback regulator of Bmp signaling during zebrafish gastrulation. Development, 133: 801-811.



• Rentzsch F, Hobmayer B, Holstein TW (2005). Glycogen synthase kinase 3 has a pro-apoptotic function in hydra gametogenesis. Dev Biol. 278: 1-12.



• Rentzsch F, Bakkers J, Kramer C, Hammerschmidt M (2004). Fgf signaling induces posterior neuroectoderm independently of Bmp signaling inhibition. Dev Dyn. 231: 750-757.



• Rentzsch F, Kramer C, Hammerschmidt M (2003). Specific and conserved roles of TAp73 during zebrafish development. Gene, 323: 19-30.



• Hobmayer B, Rentzsch F, Holstein TW (2001). Identification and expression of HySmad1, a member of the R-Smad family of TGF-ß signal transducers, in the diploblastic metazoan Hydra. Dev Genes Evol., 211: 597-602.



• Technau U, Cramer von Laue C, Rentzsch F, Luft S, Hobmayer B, Bode HR, Holstein TW (2000). Parameters of self-organization in Hydra aggregates. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 97 (22): 12127-12131.



• Hobmayer B, Rentzsch F, Kuhn K, Happel CM, Cramer von Laue C, Snyder P, Rothbacher U, Holstein TW (2000). Wnt signling molecules act in axis formation in the diploblastic metazoan Hydra. Nature, 407: 186-189.