1. Black BL, Lyles DS. 1992. Vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein inhibits host cell-directed transcription of target genes in vivo. Journal of Virology 66: 4058-4064.

 

2. Black BL, Rhodes RB, McKenzie M, Lyles DS. 1993.  The role of vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein in inhibition of host-directed gene expression is genetically separable from its function in virus assembly. Journal of Virology 67: 4814-4821.

 

3. Black BL, Brewer G, Lyles DS. 1994. Effect of vesicular stomatitis virus matrix protein on host directed translation in vivo. Journal of Virology 68: 555-560.

 

4. Black BL, Martin JF, Olson EN. 1995. The mouse MRF4 promoter is trans-activated directly and indirectly by muscle-specific transcription factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry 270: 2889-2892.

 

5. Molkentin JD, Black BL, Martin JF, Olson EN. 1995. Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins. Cell 83: 1125-1136.

 

6. Molkentin JD, Black BL, Martin JF, Olson EN. 1996. Mutational analysis of the DNA binding, dimerization, and transcriptional activation domains of MEF2C. Molecular and Cellular Biology 16: 2627-2636.

 

7. Molkentin JD, Firulli AB, Black BL, Martin JF, Hustad CM, Copeland N, Jenkins N, Lyons G, Olson EN. 1996. MEF2B is a potent transactivator expressed in early myogenic lineages. Molecular and Cellular Biology 16: 3814-3824.

 

8. Black BL, Ligon KL, Zhang Y, Olson EN. 1996. Cooperative transcriptional activation by the neurogenic bHLH protein MASH1 and members of the MEF2 family. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 26659 26663.

 

9. Black BL, Lu J, Olson EN. 1997. The MEF2A 3« untranslated region functions as a cis-acting translational repressor.  Molecular and Cellular Biology 17: 2756-2763.

 

10. Black BL, Molkentin JD, Olson EN. 1998. Multiple roles for the MyoD basic region in transmission of activation signals and interaction with MEF2. Molecular and Cellular Biology 18: 69-77.

 

11. Cripps RM, Black BL, Zhao B, Lien CL, Schulz RA, Olson EN. 1998. The myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 is a direct target for transcriptional activation by Twist during Drosophila myogenesis. Genes and Development 12: 422-434.

 

12. Black BL, Olson EN. 1998. Transcriptional control of muscle development by myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins.  Annual review of cell and Developmental Biology 14: 167-196.

 

13. Black BL, Olson EN. 1999. Control of cardiac development by members of the MEF2 family of transcription factors. In ÒHeart developmentÓ (R. P. Harvey and N. Rosenthal, eds.), pp.131-142. Academic Press, San Diego.

 

14. Wilson-Rawls J, Molkentin JD, Black BL, Olson EN. 1999. Activated Notch inhibits myogenic activity of the MADS-box transcription factor MEF2C. Molecular and Cellular Biology 19: 2853-2862.

 

15. Liu D, Black BL, Derynck R. 2001. TGF-§ inhibits muscle differentiation through functional repression of myogenic transcription factors by Smad3.  Genes and Development 15: 2950-2966.

 

16. Naya FJ, Black BL, Wu H, Bassel-Duby R, Richardson JA, Hill JA, Olson EN. 2002. Mitochondrial deficiency and cardiac sudden death in mice lacking the MEF2A transcription factor. Nature Medicine 8:1303 1309.

 

17. Verzi MP, Anderson JP, Dodou E, Kelly KK, Greene SB, North BJ, Cripps RM, Black BL. 2002. N-twist, an Evolutionarily Conserved bHLH Protein Expressed in the Developing CNS, Functions as a Transcriptional Inhibitor. Developmental Biology 249: 174-190.

 

18. Dodou E, Xu SM, Black BL. 2003.  mef2c is activated directly by myogenic basic helix-loop-helix proteins during skeletal muscle development in vivo. Mechanisms of Development 120:1021-1032.

 

19. Anderson JP, Jaehnig EJ, Dodou E, Greene SB, Olson EN, Black BL. 2004. HRC is a direct transcriptional target of MEF2 during cardiac, skeletal, and arterial smooth muscle development in vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24: 3757-3768.

 

20. Dodou E, Verzi MP, Anderson JP, Xu SM, Black BL. 2004. Mef2c is a direct transcriptional target of ISL1 and GATA factors in the anterior heart field during mouse embryonic development. Development 131: 3931-3942.

 

21. De Val S, Anderson JP, Heidt AB, Khiem D, Xu SM, Black BL. 2004. Mef2c is activated directly by Ets transcription factors through an evolutionarily conserved endothelial cell-specific enhancer. Developmental Biology 275: 424-434.

 

22. Stennard FA, Costa MW, Lai D, Biben C, Furtado MB, Solloway MJ, McCulley DJ, Leimena C, Preis JI, Dunwoodie SL, Elliott DE, Prall OWJ, Black BL, Fatkin D, Harvey RP. 2005. Murine cardiac T-box transcription factor Tbx20 acts as a repressor during heart development in vivo and is essential for adult heart integrity, function and adaptation. Development 132: 2451-2462.

 

23. Takeuchi JK, Mileikovskaia M, Koshiba-Takeuchi K, Heidt AB, Mori AD, Arruda EP, Gertsenstein M, Georges R, Davidson L, Mo R, Hui CC, Henkelman RM, Nemer M, Black BL, Nagy A, Bruneau BG. 2005. Tbx20 dose-dependently regulates transcription factor networks required for mouse heart and motor neuron development. Development 132: 2463-2474.

 

24. Heidt AB, Black BL. 2005.  Transgenic mice that express Cre recombinase under control of a skeletal muscle-specific promoter  from mef2c. Genesis 42: 28-32 [Cover Photo].

 

25. Rojas A, De Val S, Heidt AB, Xu SM, Bristow J, Black BL. 2005.  Gata4 expression in lateral mesoderm is downstream of BMP4 and is activated directly by Forkhead and GATA transcription factors through a distal enhancer element. Development 132: 3405-3417.

 

26. Verzi MP, McCulley DJ, De Val S, Dodou E, Black BL. 2005.  The right ventricle, outflow tract, and ventricular septum comprise a restricted expression domain within the secondary/anterior heart field. Developmental Biology 287: 134-145.

 

27. Black BL. 2006.  A single mutation causes a spectrum of cardiovascular defects: the potential role of genetic modifiers, epigenetic influences, and stochastic events in phenotypic variability. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 40: 201-204.

 

28. Park EJ, Ogden LA, Talbot A, Evans S, Cai CL, Black BL, Frank DU, Moon AM. 2006.  Required, tissue-specific roles for Fgf8 in outflow tract formation and remodeling. Development 133: 2419-2433.

 

29. Ai D, Liu W, Ma L, Dong F, Lu MF, Wang D, Verzi MP, Cai C, Gage PJ, Evans S, Black BL, Brown NA, Martin JF. 2006.  Pitx2 regulates cardiac left-right asymmetry by patterning second cardiac lineage-derived myocardium. Developmental Biology 296: 437-449.

 

30. Pennacchio LA, Ahituv N, Moses AM, Prabhakar S, Nobrega MA, Shoukry M, Minovitsky S, Dubchak I, Holt A, Lewis KD, Plajzer-Frick I, Akiyama J, De Val S, Afzal V, Black BL, Couronne O, Eisen MB, Visel A, Rubin EM. 2006.  In vivo enhancer analysis of human conserved non-coding sequences. Nature 444: 499-502.

 

31. Jaehnig EJ, Heidt AB, Greene SB, Cornelissen I, Black BL. 2006.   Increased susceptibility to isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy and impaired weight gain in mice lacking the histidine-rich calcium-binding protein. Molecular Cellular Biology 26: 9315-9326.

 

32. Black BL. 2007.  Transcriptional pathways in second heart field development. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 18: 67-76.

 

33. Schulz RA, Black BL. 2007.  Model systems for the study of heart development and disease.  Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 18:

1-2.

 

34. Prall OW, Menon MK, Solloway MJ, Watanabe Y, Zaffran S, Bajolle F, Biben C, McBride JJ, Robertson BR, Chaulet H, Stennard FA, Wise N, Schaft D, Wolstein O, Furtado MB, Shiratori H, Chien KR, Hamada H, Black BL, Saga Y, Robertson EJ, Buckingham ME, Harvey RP. 2007.  An Nkx2-5/Bmp2/Smad1 negative feedback loop controls heart progenitor specification and proliferation. Cell 128: 947-959.

 

35. Verzi MP, Agarwal P, Brown C, McCulley DJ, Schwarz JJ, Black BL. 2007.  The transcription factor MEF2C is required for craniofacial development. Developmental Cell 12: 645-652.

 

36. Bruneau BG, Black BL. 2007.  The heart's Da Vinci code: a Renaissance at Keystone. Development 134: 1631-1633.

 

37.  Heidt AB, Rojas A, Harris IS, Black BL. 2007.  Determinants of myogenic specificity within MyoD are required for non-canonical E-Box binding. Molecular Cellular Biology 11: in press.