Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

In press:

Mason, I.J. (1997) Rapid sequencing of cDNA clones. In "The Nucleic Acids
Protocls Handbook" ed. R.Rapley. Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJ. Invited
Contribution.

Published:

Robertson, K., Mason, I. and Hall, S.M. (1997) Hirschsprung's disease:
insights from genetic mutations in mice and man. Gut 41: 436-441

Cardoso, W.V., Ito, A., Nogawa, H., Mason, I. and Brody, J.S. (1997) FGF-1
and FGF-7 induce distinct patterns of growth and differentiation in the
embryonic lung epithelium. Dev. Dynamics 208: 398-405.

Saffell, J., Williams, E.J., Mason, I.J., Walsh, F.S. and Doherty, P.
(1997) Phosphorylation of the FGF receptor following CAM activation, and
inhibition of CAM-stimulated axonal growth by a dominant negative FGF
receptor. Neuron 18: 231-242.

Robertson, K. and Mason, I. (1997) The GDNF/Ret signalling complex. Trends
in Genetics 13: 1-3.

Sheikh, H. and Mason, I. (1996) Polarising activity of FGF-8 in the avian
midbrain. Int. J. Dev. Biol. Suppl. 117-118

Mason, I. (1996) The GDNF receptor: recent progress and unanswered
questions. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 8: 112-119.

Mason, I.J. (1996) Rapid sequencing of cDNA clones. In ": Methods in
Molecular Biology: PCR Sequencing Protocols" ed. R.Rapley. Humana Press
Inc, Totowa, NJ.

Mahmood, R., Mason, I.J. and Morriss-Kay, G.M. (1996) Expression of Fgf-3
in relation to hindbrain segmentation, otic pit position and pharyngeal
arch morphology in normal and retinoic acid-exposed mouse embryos. Anat.
Embryol. 194: 13-22

I.Mason. (1996) Neural induction: do FGFs strike a cord? Current Biology 6:
672-675

Mathieu, M., Chatelain, E., Ornitz, D., Bresnick, J., Mason, I., Kiefer, P.
and Dickson, C. (1995) Receptor binding and mitogenic properties of mouse
fibroblast growth factor 3 (FGF3); modulation of response by heparin. J.
Biol. Chem. 270: 24197-24203.

Mason, I.J. (1995) "The nucleus", "Historical background of Molecular
Genetics", "Structure of DNA", "Structure of Eukaryotic Chromosomes",
"Structure and Regulation of Eukaryotic Genes", "Cellular Differentiation",
"The Nucleolus", "The Cell Cycle" and "DNA Replication" Gray's Anatomy,
38th Edition, Bannister, L., Berry, M., Collins, P., Dyson, M., Dussek,
J.E. and Fergusson, M.(Eds.), Churchill Livingstone, UK.

Robertson, K. and Mason, I.J. (1995) Expression of the ret in the chicken
embryo suggests roles in regionalisation in the vagal neural tube and
somites and in development of multiple neural crest and placodal lineages.
Mechanisms of Development 53: 329-344

Mahmood, R., Bresnick, J., Hornbruch, A., Mahony, C., Morton, N.,
Colquhoun, K., Martin, P., Lumsden, A., Dickson, C. and Mason, I. (1995)
FGF-8 in the mouse embryo: a role in the initiation and maintenance of limb
bud outgrowth. Current Biology 5: 791-796.

Mattei, M-G, deLapeyriere, O., Birnbaum, D., Bresnick, J., Dickson, C. and
Mason, I. (1995) Chromosomal localisations of mouse Fgf-7 and Fgf-8
genes.Mammalian Genome 6: 196-197.

Mathieu, M., Kiefer, P., Mason, I. and Dickson, C. (1995) Fibroblast growth
factor (FGF) 3 from Xenopus laevis (XFGF-3) binds with high affinity to
FGF receptor 2. J.Biol. Chem. 270: 6779-6787

Mahmood, R., Kiefer, P., Guthrie, S., Dickson, C. and Mason, I.J. (1995)
Multiple roles for FGF-3 during cranial neural development of the chicken.
Development 121: 1399-1410

Mason, I. (1994) Do cell adhesion molecules activate FGF receptors? Current
Biology.4:1158-1161

Prinja, R.K., Shapland, C.E., Hsuan, J.J. , Totty, N.F., Mason, I.J. and
Lawson, D. (1994) Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs for an actin
cross-linking protein, transgelin, defines a new family of related
actin-associated proteins. Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 28: 243-255

Mason, I.J. (1994) The ins and outs of fibroblast growth factors. Cell 78:
547-552

Mason, I.J., Fuller-Pace, F., Smith, R. and Dickson, C. (1994) FGF-7
(keratinocyte growth factor) expression during mouse development suggests
roles in myogenesis, forebrain regionalisation and epithelial-mesenchymal
interactions. Mechanisms of Development 45: 15-30.

Goodyear, P.D., MacLaughlin-Black, S. and Mason, I.J. (1994) A reliable
method for the removal of co-purifying PCR inhibitors from ancient DNA.
BioTechniques 16: 232-234

Mason, I.J. and Mudge, A.W. (1992) Onset of CGRP expression in a subset of
chick embryonic spinal motor neurons is independent of neuromuscular
activity.
Neuroscience Letters 138: 128-132

Mason, I.J. (1992) Rapid sequencing of DNA from bacteriophage plaques
using sequential asymmetric and linear PCR. BioTechniques 12: 60-61.

Moss, S.J., Harkness, P.C., Mason, I.J., Barnard, E.A. and Mudge, A.W.
(1991) Evidence that CGRP and cAMP increase transcription of the
acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit but not of the other subunit genes. J.
Mol. Neurosci. 3: 101-108.

Nanda, N.K., Thomson, E. and Mason, I. (1990) Murine suppressor T-cell
clones specific for minor histocompatibility antigens express CD4, CD8 and
alpha,beta-T-cell receptor molecules. International Immunology 2:
1063-1072.

McVey, J.H., Nomura, S., Kelly, P., Mason, I.J. and Hogan, B.L.M. (1989)
Characterisation of the mouse SPARC/ osteonectin gene. Journal of
Biological Chemistry 263: 11111-11116.

Mason, I.J., Murphy, D., Munke, M., Franke, U., Elliott, R.W. and Hogan,
B.L.M. (1986) Developmental and transformation-sensitive expression of the
Sparc gene on mouse chromosome 11. The EMBO Journal 5: 1831-1837.

Mason, I.J., Taylor, A., Williams, J.G., Sage, H. and Hogan, B.L.M. (1986)
Evidence from molecular cloning that SPARC, a major product of mouse embryo
parietal endoderm, is related to an endothelial cell 'culture-shock'
glycoprotein of Mr 43000. The EMBO Journal 5: 1465-1472.

Mason, I., Murphy, D. and Hogan, B.L.M. (1985) Expression of c-fos in
parietal endoderm, amnion and differentiating F9 teratocarcinoma cells.
Differentiation 30: 76-81.

Hogan, B.L.M., Barlow, D.P., Kurkinen, M. and Mason, I.J. (1984) Parietal
endoderm of the mouse embryo: a model system for studying the regulation of
basement membrane genes.Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology
Supplement 82: 28.