Main publications

Carrasco,A.E., McGinnis,W., Gehring,W.J., and De Robertis,E.M. (1984). Cloning of an X. laevis gene expressed during early embryogenesis coding for a peptide region homologous to Drosophila homeotic genes. Cell 37, 409-414.

Muller,M.M., Carrasco,A.E., and DeRobertis,E.M. (1984). A homeo-box-containing gene expressed during oogenesis in Xenopus. Cell 39, 157-162.

Shepherd,J.C., McGinnis,W., Carrasco,A.E., De Robertis,E.M., and Gehring,W.J. (1984). Fly and frog homoeo domains show homologies with yeast mating type regulatory proteins. Nature 310, 70-71.

Carrasco,A.E. and Malacinski,G.M. (1987). Localization of Xenopus homoeo-box gene transcripts during embryogenesis and in the adult nervous system. Dev. Biol. 121, 69-81.

Kloc,M., Miller,M., Carrasco,A.E., Eastman,E., and Etkin,L. (1989). The maternal store of the xlgv7 mRNA in full-grown oocytes is not required for normal development in Xenopus. Development 107, 899-907.

López,S.L. and Carrasco,A.E. (1992). Retinoic acid induces changes in the localization of homeobox proteins in the antero-posterior axis of Xenopus laevis embryos. Mech. Dev. 36, 153-164.

Carrasco,A.E. and López,S.L. (1994). The puzzle of Hox genes. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 38, 558-564.

López,S.L., Dono,R., Zeller,R., and Carrasco,A.E. (1995). Differential effects of retinoic acid and a retinoid antagonist on the spatial distribution of the homeoprotein Hoxb-7 in vertebrate embryos. Dev. Dyn. 204, 457-471.

Franco,P.G., Paganelli,A.R., López,S.L., and Carrasco,A.E. (1999). Functional association of retinoic acid and hedgehog signaling in Xenopus primary neurogenesis. Development 126, 4257-4265.
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Paganelli,A.R., Ocaña,O.H., Prat,M.I., Franco,P.G., López,S.L., Morelli,L., Adamo,A.M., Riccomagno,M.M., Matsubara,E., Shoji,M., Affranchino,J.L., Castaño,E.M., and Carrasco,A.E. (2001). The Alzheimer-related gene presenilin-1 facilitates sonic hedgehog expression in Xenopus primary neurogenesis. Mech. Dev. 107, 119-131.
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López,S.L., Paganelli,A.R., Siri,M.V., Ocaña,O.H., Franco,P.G., and Carrasco,A.E. (2003). Notch activates sonic hedgehog and both are involved in the specification of dorsal midline cell-fates in Xenopus. Development 130, 2225-2238.
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Carrasco, A., Franco, P., López, S. and Paganelli, A. (2004). “Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization and Detection of RNAs in Vertebrate Embryos and Isolated Organs. In: Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. Ed. Ausubel, F. M. et al. pp. 14.9.12. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Carrasco A. E. and Blumberg B. (2004). A critical role for retinoid receptors in axial patterning and neuronal differentiation. In "The vertebrate organizer" Chapter 17, 279-298 Springer-Verlag. Edited by Dr. H. Grunz ISBN 3540140328
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López,S.L., Rosato-Siri,M.V., Franco,P.G., Paganelli,A.R., and Carrasco,A.E. (2005). The Notch-target gene hairy2a impedes the involution of notochordal cells by promoting floor plate fates in Xenopus embryos. Development 132, 1035-1046.
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López, S.L. and Carrasco, A.E. (2005). Sonic Hedgehog Signalling in Dorsal Midline Development. In: Shh and Gli Signaling and Development. Chapter 2. Ed: Sarah Howie and Carolyn Fisher. pp. 12-19. Landes Bioscience. Georgetown, USA. ISBN 0-387-39956-9
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