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A misinterpretation of observed thorium concentrations in samples of hair and tooth enamel obtained from infants and children in Iraq by Thorne, M.C., Smallwood, P.D.

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Vascular Development in the Retina and Inner Ear: Control by Norrin and Frizzled-4, a High-Affinity Ligand-Receptor Pair by Xu, Qiang, Wang, Yanshu, Dabdoub, Alain, Smallwood, Philip M, Williams, John, Woods, Chad, Kelley, Matthew W, Jiang, Li, Tasman, William, Zhang, Kang, Nathans, Jeremy

“…Incomplete retinal vascularization occurs in both Norrie disease and familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR). Norrin, the protein product of the Norrie…”
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Scurfin (FoxP3) Controls T-Dependent Immune Responses In Vivo Through Regulation of CD4+ T Cell Effector Function by Kasprowicz, Deborah J, Smallwood, P. Scott, Tyznik, Aaron J, Ziegler, Steven F

“…Scurfin, the protein product of the FoxP3 gene, is a forkhead-family transcription factor that negatively regulates T cell function. Mice carrying a…”
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Frizzled-3 Is Required for the Development of Major Fiber Tracts in the Rostral CNS by Wang, Yanshu, Thekdi, Nupur, Smallwood, Philip M, Macke, Jennifer P, Nathans, Jeremy

“…Many ligand/receptor families are known to contribute to axonal growth and targeting. Thus far, there have been no reports implicating Wnts and Frizzleds in…”
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Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Homologous Factors: New Members of the FGF Family Implicated in Nervous System Development by Smallwood, Philip M., Munoz-Sanjuan, Ignacio, Tong, Patrick, Macke, Jennifer P., Stewart H. C. Hendry, Gilbert, Debra J., Copeland, Neal G., Jenkins, Nancy A., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Four new members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family, referred to as fibroblast growth factor homologous factors (FHFs), have been identified by a…”
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A new secreted protein that binds to Wnt proteins and inhibits their activities by Hsieh, J C, Kodjabachian, L, Rebbert, M L, Rattner, A, Smallwood, P M, Samos, C H, Nusse, R, Dawid, I B, Nathans, J

“…The Wnt proteins constitute a large family of extracellular signalling molecules that are found throughout the animal kingdom and are important for a wide…”
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Biochemical defects in ABCR protein variants associated with human retinopathies by Nathans, Jeremy, Sun, Hui, Smallwood, Philip M

“…Mutations in the gene encoding ABCR (ABCA4), a photoreceptor-specific ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter, are responsible for autosomal recessive Stargardt…”
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Identification and Characterization of All-trans-retinol Dehydrogenase from Photoreceptor Outer Segments, the Visual Cycle Enzyme That Reduces All-trans-retinal to All-trans-retinol by Rattner, Amir, Smallwood, Philip M., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Retinol dehydrogenase (RDH), the enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of all-trans-retinal to all-trans-retinol within the photoreceptor outer segment, was the…”
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Caching decisions by grey squirrels: a test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses by HADJ-CHIKH, LEILA Z., STEELE, MICHAEL A., SMALLWOOD, PETER D.

“…This study was designed to investigate the relative effects of seed perishability and handling time on the caching preferences of grey squirrels, Sciurus…”
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Biochemical Characterization of Wnt-Frizzled Interactions Using a Soluble, Biologically Active Vertebrate Wnt Protein by Hsieh, Jen-Chih, Rattner, Amir, Smallwood, Philip M., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Biochemical studies of Wnt signaling have been hampered by difficulties in obtaining large quantities of soluble, biologically active Wnt proteins. In this…”
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Role of a Locus Control Region in the Mutually Exclusive Expression of Human Red and Green Cone Pigment Genes by Smallwood, Philip M., Wang, Yanshu, Nathans, Jeremy

“…Trichromacy in humans and other Old World primates evolved from a dichromatic color vision system ≈30-40 million years ago. One essential part of this…”
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The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks by Steele, Michael A., Manierre, Steve, Genna, Theresa, Contreras, Thomas A., Smallwood, Peter D., Pereira, Michael E.

“…Rodents selectively cache acorns of red oak species (subgenus Erythrobalanus; RO) over those of white oaks (subgenus Quercus; WO) because of perishability of…”
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A Family of Secreted Proteins Contains Homology to the Cysteine-Rich Ligand-Binding Domain of Frizzled Receptors by Rattner, Amir, Hsieh, Jen-Chih, Smallwood, Philip M., Gilbert, Debra J., Copeland, Neil G., Jenkins, Nancy A., Nathans, Jeremy

“…This paper describes the identification of a new family of mammalian genes that encode secreted proteins containing homology to the cysteine-rich…”
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A Photoreceptor-Specific Cadherin Is Essential for the Structural Integrity of the Outer Segment and for Photoreceptor Survival by Rattner, Amir, Smallwood, Philip M., Williams, John, Cooke, Carol, Savchenko, Andrey, Lyubarsky, Arkady, Pugh, Edward N., Nathans, Jeremy

“…A cadherin family member, prCAD, was identified in retina cDNA by subtractive hybridization and high throughput sequencing. prCAD is expressed only in retinal…”
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Genetically Engineered Mice with an Additional Class of Cone Photoreceptors: Implications for the Evolution of Color Vision by Smallwood, Philip M., Ölveczky, Bence P., Williams, Gary L., Jacobs, Gerald H., Reese, Benjamin E., Meister, Markus, Nathans, Jeremy

“…Among eutherian mammals, only primates possess trichromatic color vision. In Old World primates, trichromacy was made possible by a visual pigment gene…”
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Web-site tenure in the long-jawed spider: Is it risk-sensitive foraging, or conspecific interactions? by Smallwood, Peter D.

“…Long-jawed spiders (Tetragnatha elongata) present a paradox to behavioral ecologists, because spiders in prey-rich habitats move to new web sites almost every…”
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Isoform Diversity among Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors Is Generated by Alternative Promoter Usage and Differential Splicing by Munoz-Sanjuan, Ignacio, Smallwood, Philip M., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors-1, -2, -3, and -4 (FHFs 1–4; also referred to as FGFs 11–14) comprise a separate branch of the FGF family and…”
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The Intellectual Creativity and Public Discourse of Malcolm X: A Precursor to the Modern Black Studies Movement by Smallwood, Andrew P.

“…This article seeks to explore the education and public dialogue of Malcolm X, a major African American leadership figure of the 1950s and 1960s. It is the…”
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‘The True Creative Mind’: R. G. Collingwood's Critical Humanism by SMALLWOOD, Philip

“…Smallwood suggests that R. G. Collingwood's philosophical thought in its medley of connected but distinct formal manifestations, historically reaffirms and…”
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Norrin, Frizzled-4, and Lrp5 Signaling in Endothelial Cells Controls a Genetic Program for Retinal Vascularization by Ye, Xin, Wang, Yanshu, Cahill, Hugh, Yu, Minzhong, Badea, Tudor C., Smallwood, Philip M., Peachey, Neal S., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Disorders of vascular structure and function play a central role in a wide variety of CNS diseases. Mutations in the Frizzled-4 (Fz4) receptor, Lrp5…”
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