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. 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. Anderson JP, Dodou E, Heidt AB, De Val SJ, Jaehnig EJ, 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. 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. 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. 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]. 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. 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. 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. 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. Black BL. 2007. Transcriptional pathways in second heart field development. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 18: 67-76. 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. 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. The papers listed on this page are studies to come directly from our lab (first authors are denoted in bold). For other publications involving our lab, Click Here to see Brian's complete publication list.