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2011-present

2006-2010

2001-2005

1996-2000

1991-1995

1986-1990

1981-1985

1971-1980

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2011-present

  1. D.-H. Kuo, D.A. Weisblat (2011) Intermediate filament genes as differentiation markers in the leech Helobdella. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. D.-H. Kuo, D.A. Weisblat (2011) A new molecular logic for BMP-mediated dorsoventral patterning, in the leech Helbdella. [PDF][PubMed]
  3. S.E. Gline, A. Nakamoto, S.-J Cho, C. Chi, D.A. Weisblat (2011) A Lineage analysis of micromere 4d, a super-phylotypic cell for Lophotrocozoa, in the leech Helobdella and the sludgeworm Tubifex. Dev. Biol.[PDF][PubMed]

2006-2010

  1. S.J. Cho, Y. Valles, V.C. Giani Jr, E.C. Seaver, D.A. Weisblat (2010) Evolutionary dynamics of the wnt gene family: a lophotrochozoan perspective. Mol. Biol. Evol. Mol. Biol. & Evol. 27, 1645-1658][PDF][PubMed]
  2. S.E. Gline, D.H. Kuo, A. Stolfi and D.A. Weisblat (2009) High resolution cell lineage tracing reveals developmental variability in leech. Dev. Dyn. Dev. Dynamics 239, [3139-3152].[PDF][PubMed]
  3. S.O. Zhang, D.H. Kuo and D.A. Weisblat (2009) A role for CDC42 in alternating stem cell divisions. Dev. Biol. Dev. Biol. 336, [112-121].[PDF][PubMed]
  4. D.C. Lyons and D.A. Weisblat (2009) D quadrant specification in the leech Helobdella: actomyosin contractility controls the unequal cleavage of the CD blastomere. Dev. Biol. 334:46-58. [PDF][PubMed]
  5. A.S. Rivera and D.A. Weisblat (2009) And Lophotrochozoa makes three: Notch/Hes signaling in annelid segmentation. Dev. Genes Evol. 219:37-44. [PDF][PubMed]
  6. D.A. Weisblat and D.H. Kuo (2009) Helobdella (leech): A model for developmental studies. In: Emerging Model Organisms, Vol. 1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. pp245-274. [Pubmed]
  7. D.A. Weisblat and W.J. Thompson (2008) Gunther Stent: Obituary. Curr. Biol. 18:R585-R587.
  8. D.A. Weisblat (2007) Q&A David A. Weisblat. Curr. Biol. 17:R988-R990. [PDF][PubMed]
  9. D.A. Weisblat (2007) Asymmetric cell divisions in the early embryo of the leech Helobdella robusta. In "Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology: Asymmetric Cell Division, (A. Macieira-Coelho, ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 79-95. [PDF][PubMed]
  10. F.C. Gonsalves and D.A. Weisblat (2007) MAPK regulation of maternal and zygotic Notch transcript stability in early development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:531-536. [PDF][PubMed]
  11. D.A. Weisblat (2006) Germline regeneration: the worms' turn. Curr. Biol. 16:R453-R455. [PDF][PubMed]
  12. A.E. Bely and D.A. Weisblat (2006) Lessons from leeches: a call for DNA barcoding in the lab. Evol. Dev. 8:491-501. [PDF][PubMed]
  13. S.J. Agee, D.C. Lyons and D.A. Weisblat (2006) Maternal expression of a NANOS homolog is required for early development of the leech Helobdella robusta. Dev. Biol. 298:1-11. [PDF][PubMed]
  14. X. Ren and D.A. Weisblat (2006) Asymmetrization of first cleavage by transient disassembly of one spindle pole aster in the leech Helobdella robusta. Dev. Biol. 292:103-115. [PDF][PubMed]

2001-2005

  1. A.S. Rivera, F.C. Gonsalves, M.H. Song, B.J. Norris and D.A. Weisblat (2005) Characterization of Notch-class gene expression in segmentation stem cells and segment founder cells in Helobdella robusta (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae). Evol. Dev. 7:588-599. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. S.O. Zhang and D.A. Weisblat (2005) Applications of mRNA injections for analyzing cell lineage and asymmetric cell divisions during segmentation in the leech Helobdella robusta. Development 132:2103-2113. [PDF][PubMed]
  3. D.H. Shain, D.K. Stuart, F.Z. Huang and D.A. Weisblat (2004) Cell interactions affecting axonogenesis in the leech, Theromyzon rude. Development 131:4143-4153. [PDF][PubMed]
  4. Song MH, Huang FZ, Gonsalves FC and Weisblat DA. (2004) Cell cycle-dependent expression of a hairy and Enhancer of split (hes) homolog during cleavage and segmentation in leech embryos. Dev. Biol. 269:183-195. [PDF][PubMed]
  5. D.A. Weisblat (2003) Quick guide: Leeches. Curr. Biol. 13:R752. [PDF][PubMed]
  6. Kang D, Huang FZ, Li D, Shankland M, Gaffield W and Weisblat DA. (2003) A hedgehog homolog regulates gut formation in leech (Helobdella). Development 130:1645-1657. [PDF][PubMed]
  7. Song M.H., Huang F.Z., Chang G.Y., Weisblat D.A. (2002) Expression and function of an even-skipped homolog in the leech Helobdella robusta. Development 129:3681-3692. [PDF][PubMed]
  8. Kang D, Pilon M, Weisblat DA. (2002) Maternal and zygotic expression of a nanos-class gene in the leech Helobdella robusta: primordial germ cells arise from segmental mesoderm. Dev. Biol. 245:28-41. [PDF][PubMed]
  9. Huang F.Z., Kang D., Ramirez-Weber F.A., Bissen S.T., Weisblat D.A. (2002) Micromere lineages in the glossiphoniid leech Helobdella. Development 129:719-732. [PDF][PubMed]
  10. Goldstein B., Leviten M.W., Weisblat D.A. (2001) Dorsal and snail homologs in leech development. Dev. Genes Evol. 211:329-337. [PDF][PubMed]
  11. D.A. Weisblat and F.Z. Huang (2001) An overveiw of glossiphoniid leech development. Can. J. Zool. 79:218-232 [PDF][Publisher]
  12. F.Z. Huang, A.E. Bely, D.A. Weisblat (2001) Stochastic WNT signaling between nonequivalent cells regulates adhesion but not fate in the two-cell leech embryo. Curr. Biol. 11:1-7. [PDF][PubMed]

1996-2000

  1. D.H. Shain, D.K. Stuart, F.Z. Huang and D.A. Weisblat (2000) Segmentation of the central nervous system in leech. Development 127:735-744. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. D.E. Isaksen, N.J. L. Liu and D.A. Weisblat (1999) Inductive interactions regulate cell fusion in leech. Development 126:3381-3390. [PDF][PubMed]
  3. D.A. Weisblat, F.Z. Huang, D.E. Isaksen, N.-J.L. Liu and P. Chang (1999) The other side of the embryo: an appreciation of the "non-D" quadrants in leech embryos. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 46:105-132. [PDF][PubMed]
  4. D.A. Weisblat (1999) Cellular origins of bilateral symmetry in glossiphoniid leech embryos. Hydrobiologia 402:285-290[PDF]
  5. D.A. Weisblat, F.Z. Huang and D.E. Isaksen (1999). Cell fate specification in glossiphoniid leech: macromeres, micromeres and proteloblasts. In: Cell Lineage and Cell Fate Determination (S. A. Moody, Ed.) Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 185-196.
  6. D.A. Weisblat (1998) Embryonic development as a quasihistorical process. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 42:475-478. [PDF][PubMed]
  7. N.-J. L. Liu, D.E. Isaksen, C.M. Smith and D.A. Weisblat (1998) Movements and stepwise fusion of endodermal precursor cells in leech. Dev.Genes Evol. 208:117-127. [PDF][PubMed]
  8. D. Shain, F.A. Ramirez, J. Hsu, and D.A. Weisblat (1998) Gangliogenesis in leech: morphogenetic processes in segmentation of the CNS. Dev. Genes Evol. 208:28-36. [PDF][PubMed]
  9. M. Pilon and D. A. Weisblat (1997) Early events leading to fate decisions during leech embryogenesis. Sem. Cell Dev. Biol. 8:351-358. [PDF][PubMed]
  10. J.G. Soto, B.H. Nelson and D.A. Weisblat (1997) A leech homolog of twist: evidence for its inheritance as a maternal mRNA. Gene 199:31-37. [PDF][PubMed]
  11. M. Pilon and D.A. Weisblat (1996) A nanos homolog in leech. Development 124:1771-1780. [PDF][PubMed]
  12. C.M. Smith, D. Lans and D.A. Weisblat (1996) Cellular mechanisms of epiboly in leech embryos. Development 122:1885-189. [PDF][PubMed]
  13. F.Z. Huang and D.A. Weisblat (1996) Cell fate determination in an annelid equivalence group. Development 122:1839-1847. [PDF][PubMed]

1991-1995

  1. F.A. Ramírez, C.J. Wedeen, D.K. Stuart, D. Lans and D.A. Weisblat (1995) Identification of a neurogenic sublineage required for CNS segmentation in an annelid. Development 121:2091-2097. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. C.M. Smith and D.A. Weisblat (1994) Micromere fate maps in leech embryos: lineage-specific differences in rates of cell proliferation. Development 120:3427-3438.[PDF][PubMed]
  3. B. Holton, C.J. Wedeen, S.H. Astrow and D.A. Weisblat (1994) Localization of polyadenylated RNAs during teloplasm formation and cleavage in leech embryos. Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 204:46-53.[PDF]
  4. D.A. Weisblat, C.J. Wedeen and R. Kostriken (1994) Evolution of developmental mechanisms: spatial and temporal modes of rostrocaudal patterning. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 29:101-134. [PubMed]
  5. D. Lans, R.K. Ho and D.A. Weisblat (1994) Cell fates in leech embryos with duplicated lineages. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:5451-5455. [PDF][PubMed]
  6. D.A. Weisblat (1994) The leech. In: Embryos: Color Atlas of Development (J. Baird, Ed.) Wolfe Publishing, London. pp. 93-112.
  7. D. Lans, C.J. Wedeen and D.A. Weisblat (1993) Cell lineage analysis of the expression of an engrailed homolog in leech embryos. Development 117:857-871. [PDF][PubMed]
  8. D.A. Weisblat, C.J. Wedeen and R.G. Kostriken (1992) Evolutionary conservation of developmental mechanisms: comparisons of annelids and arthropods. In: Evolutionary Conservation of Developmental Mechanisms (A. Spradling, Ed.) J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 125-140.
  9. M. Shankland, S.T. Bissen and D.A. Weisblat (1992) Description of the California leech Helobdella robusta sp.nov., and comparison with Helobdella triserialis on the basis of morphology, embryology, and experimental breeding. Can. J. Zool. 70:1258-1263.[PDF]
  10. G.S. Stent, W.B. Kristan, Jr., S.A. Torrence, K.A. French and D.A. Weisblat (1992) Development of the leech nervous system. Int. Rev. Neurobiol. 33:109-193. [PubMed]
  11. B.H. Nelson and D.A. Weisblat (1992) Cytoplasmic and cortical determinants interact to specify ectoderm and mesoderm in the leech embryo. Development 115:103-115. [PDF][PubMed]
  12. R.G. Kostriken and D.A. Weisblat (1992) Expression of a Wnt gene in embryonic epithelium of the leech. Dev. Biol. 151:225-241. [PDF][PubMed]
  13. K. Symes and D.A. Weisblat (1992) An investigation of the specification of unequal cleavages in leech embryos. Dev. Biol. 150:203-218. [PDF][PubMed]
  14. S.T. Bissen and D.A. Weisblat (1991) Transcription in leech: mRNA synthesis is required for early cleavages in Helobdella embryos. Dev. Biol. 146:12-23. [PDF][PubMed]
  15. B.H. Nelson and D.A. Weisblat (1991) Conversion of ectoderm to mesoderm by cytoplasmic extrusion in leech embryos. Science 253:435-438. [PDF][PubMed]
  16. C.J. Wedeen and D.A. Weisblat (1991) Segmental expresssion of an engrailed-class gene during early development and neurogenesis in an annelid. Development 113:805-814. [PDF][PubMed]
  17. C.J. Wedeen, D.J. Price and D.A. Weisblat (1991) Cloning and sequencing of a leech homolog to the Drosophila engrailed gene. FEBS Lett. 279:300-302. [PDF][PubMed]

1986-1990

  1. C.J. Wedeen, R.G. Kostriken, I. Matsumura and D.A. Weisblat (1990) Evidence for a new family of evolutionarily conserved homeobox genes. Nucleic Acids Res. 18:1908. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. C.J. Wedeen, D.J. Price and D.A. Weisblat (1990) Analysis of the life cycle, genome and homeo box genes of the leech, Helobdella triserialis. In: The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Pattern Formation. (D.L. Stocum and T.L. Karr, eds.) Oxford University Press. pp. 145-167.[PDF]
  3. D.A. Weisblat and S.H. Astrow (1989) Factors specifying cell lineages in the leech. In: Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis. Wiley, Chicester. Ciba Found. Symp. 144:113-130. [PubMed]
  4. S.H. Astrow, B. Holton and D.A. Weisblat (1989) Teloplasm formation in a leech Helobdella triserialis, is a microtubule-dependent process. Dev. Biol. 135:306-319. [PDF][PubMed]
  5. S.T. Bissen and D.A. Weisblat (1989) The durations and compositions of cell cycles in embryo of the leech Helobdella triserialis. Development 106:105-118.[PDF][PubMed]
  6. D.A. Weisblat, S.H. Astrow, S.T. Bissen, R.K. Ho and Katharine Liu (1989) The role of cytoplasmic factors that affect cleavage in leech embryos. In: Cytoplasmic Information Systems. (G. Malacinski, ed.) McGraw-Hill, New York. pp. 243-261.
  7. B. Holton, S.H. Astrow and D.A. Weisblat (1989) Animal and vegetal teloplasms mix in the early embryo of the leech, Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 131:182-188. [PDF][PubMed]
  8. D.A. Weisblat, D.J. Price and C.J. Wedeen (1989) Segmentation in leech development. Development 104 (Suppl.):161-168. [PubMed]
  9. D.A. Weisblat (1988) Equivalence groups and regulative development. In: From Message to Mind: Directions in Developmental Neurobiology. (S.S. Easter, K.F. Barald and B.M. Carlson, eds.) Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Mass. pp. 209-223.
  10. R.K. Ho and D.A. Weisblat (1987) Replication of cell lineages by intracellular injection of polyadenylic acid (PolyA) into blastomeres of leech embryos. In: Molecular Biology of Invertebrate Development. (J.D. O'Connor, ed.) UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, 66:117-131, A.R. Liss, Inc. N.Y.
  11. S.T. Bissen and D.A. Weisblat (1987) Early differences between alternate n blast cells in leech embryo. J. Neurobiol. 18:251-270. [PDF][PubMed]
  12. D.K. Stuart, S.S. Blair and D.A. Weisblat (1987) Cell lineage, cell death, and the developmental origin of identified serotonin- and dopamine-containing neurons in the leech. J. Neurosci. 7:1107-1122. [PDF][PubMed]
  13. S.H. Astrow, B. Holton and D.A. Weisblat (1987) Centrifugation redistributes factors determining cleavage patterns in leech embryos. Dev. Biol. 120:270-283. [PDF][PubMed]
  14. R.K. Ho and D.A. Weisblat (1987) A provisional epithelium in leech embryo: cellular origins and influence on a developmental equivalence group. Dev. Biol. 120:520-534. [PDF][PubMed]
  15. D.A. Weisblat, S.H. Astrow, S.T. Bissen, R.K. Ho, B. Holton and S.A. Settle (1987) Early events associated with determination of cell fate in leech embryos. In: 45th Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology; Genetic Regulation of Development. (W.F. Loomis, ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., N.Y. pp265-286.
  16. D.A. Weisblat (1987) Leech, nervous system development. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. (G. Adelman, ed.) Birkhauser Boston, Cambridge pp 583-584.
  17. S.T. Bissen, R.K. Ho and D.A. Weisblat (1986) Cell interactions in the developing leech embryo. Bioessays 4:152-157.
  18. M. Shankland and D.A. Weisblat (1986) Positional specification of blast cells in the leech embryo involves a stepwise commitment. In: Progress in Developmental Biology. (H.D. Slavkin, ed.) Alan R. Liss, New York pp71-74. [PubMed]

1981-1985

  1. D.A. Weisblat and M. Shankland, (1985) Cell lineage and segmentation in the leech. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 312:39-56. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. D.A. Weisblat and W.B. Kristan, Jr. (1985) The development of serotonin-containing neurons in the leech. In: Model Neural Networks and Behavior. (A.I. Selverston, ed.) Plenum, New York.
  3. D.A. Weisblat (1985) Segmentation and commitment in the leech embryo. Cell 42:701-702. [PDF][PubMed]
  4. A.P. Kramer and D.A. Weisblat (1985) Developmental neural kinship groups in the leech. J. Neurosci. 5:388-407. [PDF][PubMed]
  5. G.S. Stent and D.A. Weisblat (1985) Cell lineage in the development of invertebrate nervous systems. Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 8:45-70. [PDF][PubMed]
  6. M. Shankland and D.A. Weisblat (1984) Stepwise commitment of blast cell fates during the positional specification of the O and P cell lines in the leech embryo. Dev. Biol. 106:326-342. [PDF][PubMed]
  7. D.A. Weisblat, S.Y. Kim and G.S. Stent (1984) Embryonic origins of cells in the leech Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 104:65-85. [PDF][PubMed]
  8. D.A. Weisblat, S.S. Blair, A.P. Kramer, D.K. Stuart and G.S. Stent (1984) Cell lineage and cell interaction in the development of the nervous system of the leech. Bioscience 34:313-317.
  9. W.B. Kristan, Jr., D.A. Weisblat and T. Radojcic (1984) Development and function in the leech nervous system. In: Selected Invertebrate Models for Aging Research. (D.H. Mitchell and T.E. Johnson, eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  10. D.A. Weisblat and S.S. Blair (1984) Developmental indeterminacy in embryos of the leech Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 101:326-335. [PDF][PubMed]
  11. S.S. Blair and D.A. Weisblat (1984) Cell interactions in the developing epidermis of the leech Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 101:318-325. [PDF][PubMed]
  12. D.A. Weisblat and S.S. Blair (1982). Cell lineage in leech neurogenesis during normal development and after the ablation of identified blastomeres. NRP Bull. 20:783-793.
  13. D.A. Weisblat (1983) Cell lineage in the development of the leech nervous system. Prog. Brain Res. 58:277-280. [PDF][PubMed]
  14. G.S. Stent, D.A. Weisblat, S.S. Blair and S.L. Zackson (1982) Cell lineage in the development of the leech nervous system. In: Neuronal Development. (N.C. Spitzer, ed.) Plenum, New York.
  15. G.S. Stent and D.A. Weisblat (1982) The development of a simple nervous system. Sci. Amer. 246(1):136-146.
  16. S.S. Blair and D.A. Weisblat (1982) Ectodermal interactions during neurogenesis in the glossiphoniid leech Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 91:64-72. [PDF][PubMed]
  17. D.A. Weisblat and G.S. Stent (1982) Cell lineage analysis by intracellular injection of tracer substances. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 17:1-31. [PubMed]
  18. D.A. Weisblat (1981) Cell lineage analysis by intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase or fluorescent peptide. In: New Approaches in Neurobiology. (D.I. Gottlieb, ed.) Society for Neuroscience Short Course.
  19. D.A. Weisblat (1981) Development of the nervous system. In: Neurobiology of the Leech. (K.J. Muller, J.G. Nicholls and G.S. Stent, eds.) Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York.
  20. G.S. Stent and D.A. Weisblat (1981) Cell lineage in the development of the leech nervous system. Trends Neurosci. 4:251-255.

1971-1980

  1. D.A. Weisblat, S.L. Zackson, S.S. Blair and J.D. Young (1980) Cell lineage analysis by intracellular injection of fluorescent tracers. Science 209:1538-1541. [PDF][PubMed]
  2. D.A. Weisblat, G. Harper, G.S. Stent and R.T. Sawyer (1980) Embryonic cell lineages in the nervous system of the glossiphoniid leech Helobdella triserialis. Dev. Biol. 76:58-78. [PDF][PubMed]
  3. D.A. Weisblat, R.T. Sawyer and G.S. Stent (1978) Cell lineage analysis by intracellular injection of a tracer enzyme. Science 202:1295-1298. [PDF][PubMed]
  4. D.A. Weisblat, W.L. Byerly and R.L. Russell (1976) Ionic mechanisms of electrical activity in somatic muscle of the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. J. Comp. Physiol. 111:93-113.
  5. D.A. Weisblat and R.L. Russell (1976) Propagation of electrical activity in the nerve cord and muscle syncytium of the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. J. Comp. Physiol. 107:293-307.
  6. R.W. Berry and D.A. Weisblat (1975) N-ethylmaleimide induced conductance changes in the giant neuron of Aplysia. Brain Res. 85:114-119. [PDF][PubMed]
  7. D.A. Weisblat and B.M. Babior (1971) The mechanism of action of ethanolamine ammonialyase, a B-12-dependent enzyme VIII. Further studies with compounds labeled with isotopes of hydrogen: identification and some properties of the rate-limiting step. J. Biol. Chem. 246:6064-6071. [PDF][PubMed]




Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley