ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-140
Devoto, Stephen Henri
Email: sdevoto@wesleyan.edu
URL: http://sdevoto.web.wesleyan.edu/
Affiliation: Devoto Lab
Address: Biology Department Wesleyan University 237 Church St. Middletown, CT 06459 USA
Country: United States
Phone: (860) 685-3461
Fax: (860) 685-3279
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


PUBLICATIONS
Serra, K.M., Vyzas, C., Shehreen, S., Chipendo, I., Clifford, K.M., Youngstrom, D.W., Devoto, S.H. (2023) Vertebral pattern and morphology is determined during embryonic segmentation. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 253(2):204-214
Kulick, D., Moon, E., Riffe, R.M., Teicher, G., Van Deursen, S., Berson, A., He, W., Aaron, G., Downes, G.B., Devoto, S., O'Neil, A. (2022) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Associated Persistent Organic Pollutant cis-Chlordane Causes GABAA-Independent Toxicity to Motor Neurons, Providing Evidence toward an Environmental Component of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13(24):3567-3577
Schnabl, J., Litz, M.P.H., Schneider, C., PenkoffLidbeck, N., Bashiruddin, S., Schwartz, M.S., Alligood, K., Devoto, S.H., Barresi, M.J.F. (2020) Characterizing the diverse cells that associate with the developing commissures of the zebrafish forebrain. Developmental Neurobiology. 81(5):671-695
Sagarin, K.A., Redgrave, A.C., Mosimann, C., Burke, A.C., Devoto, S.H. (2019) Anterior Trunk Muscle Shows Mix of Axial and Appendicular Developmental Patterns. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 248(10):961-968
Keskin, S., Simsek, M.F., Vu, H.T., Yang, C., Devoto, S.H., Ay, A., Özbudak, E.M. (2019) Regulatory Network of the Scoliosis-Associated Genes Establishes Rostrocaudal Patterning of Somites in Zebrafish. iScience. 12:247-259
Weiss, J., Devoto, S.H. (2016) Osmotic and Heat Stress Effects on Segmentation. PLoS One. 11:e0168335
Johnson, K., Barragan, J., Bashiruddin, S., Smith, C.J., Tyrrell, C., Parsons, M.J., Doris, R., Kucenas, S., Downes, G.B., Velez, C.M., Schneider, C., Sakai, C., Pathak, N., Anderson, K., Stein, R., Devoto, S.H., Mumm, J.S., Barresi, M.J. (2016) Gfap-positive radial glial cells are an essential progenitor population for later-born neurons and glia in the zebrafish spinal cord. Glia. 64(7):1170-89
Windner, S.E., Doris, R.A., Ferguson, C.M., Nelson, A.C., Valentin, G., Tan, H., Oates, A.C., Wardle, F.C., Devoto, S.H. (2015) Tbx6, Mesp-b and Ripply1 regulate the onset of skeletal myogenesis in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 142(6):1159-68
Windner, S.E., Bird, N.C., Patterson, S.E., Doris, R.A., and Devoto, S.H. (2012) Fss/Tbx6 is required for central dermomyotome cell fate in zebrafish. Biology Open. 1(8):806-814
Bird, N.C., Windner, S.E., and Devoto, S.H. (2012) Immunocytochemistry to study myogenesis in zebrafish. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 798:153-169
Patterson, S.E., Bird, N.C., and Devoto, S.H. (2010) BMP regulation of myogenesis in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 239(3):806-817
Patterson, S.E., Mook, L.B., and Devoto, S.H (2008) Growth in the larval zebrafish pectoral fin and trunk musculature. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 237(2):307-315
Stellabotte, F., and Devoto, S.H. (2007) The teleost dermomyotome. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 236(9):2432-2443
Stellabotte, F., Dobbs-McAuliffe, B., Fernandez, D.A., Feng, X., and Devoto, S.H. (2007) Dynamic somite cell rearrangements lead to distinct waves of myotome growth. Development (Cambridge, England). 134(7):1253-1257
Feng, X., Adiarte, E.G., and Devoto, S.H. (2006) Hedgehog acts directly on the zebrafish dermomyotome to promote myogenic differentiation. Developmental Biology. 300(2):736-746
Devoto, S.H., Stoiber, W., Hammond, C.L., Steinbacher, P., Haslett, J.R., Barresi, M.J., Patterson, S.E., Adiarte, E.G., and Hughes, S.M. (2006) Generality of vertebrate developmental patterns: evidence for a dermomyotome in fish. Evolution & development. 8(1):101-110
Hernandez, L.P., Patterson, S.E., and Devoto, S.H. (2005) The development of muscle fiber type identity in zebrafish cranial muscles. Anatomy and embryology. 209(4):323-334
Hirsinger, E., Stellabotte, F., Devoto, S.H., and Westerfield, M. (2004) Hedgehog signaling is required for commitment but not initial induction of slow muscle precursors. Developmental Biology. 275(1):143-157
Hernández, L.P., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2002) Functional morphology and developmental biology of zebrafish: reciprocal illumination from an unlikely couple. J. Int. Comp. Biol.. 42(2):222-231
D'Angelo, J.A., Acquista, D., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2002) Identification of cells that give rise to slow and fast muscle during postembryonic growth in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 247(2):500
Barresi, M.J.F., D'Angelo, J.A., Hernández, L.P., and Devoto, S.H. (2001) Distinct mechanisms regulate slow-muscle development. Current biology : CB. 11(18):1432-1438
D'Angelo, J.A., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2001) When and where do zebrafish slow muscle precursors stop dividing?. Developmental Biology. 235(1):180 (#41)
Stickney, H.L., Barresi, M.J.F., and Devoto, S.H. (2000) Somite development in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 219(3):287-303
Barresi, M.J., Stickney, H.L., and Devoto, S.H. (2000) The zebrafish slow-muscle-omitted gene product is required for Hedgehog signal transduction and the development of slow muscle identity. Development (Cambridge, England). 127(10):2189-2199
Du, S.J., S.H. Devoto, M. Westerfield, and R.T. Moon (1997) Positive and Negative Regulation of Muscle Cell Identity by Members of the hedgehog and TGF-β Gene Families. The Journal of cell biology. 139(1):145-156
Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Identification of separate slow and fast muscle precursor cells in vivo, prior to somite formation. Development (Cambridge, England). 122(11):3371-3380
Devoto, S.H., Melancon, E., Amacher, S.L., Eisen, J.S., and Westerfield, M. (1996) Influence of axial mesoderm on the development of slow muscle precursors. Developmental Biology. 175(2):386

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Schwarz, J.K., S.H. Devoto, E.J. Smith, S.P. Chellappan, L. Jakoi, J.R. Nevins (1993). Interactions of the p107 and Rb proteins with E2F during the cell proliferation response. EMBO J. 12: 1013-20.
Devoto, S.H., M. Mudryj, J. Pines, T. Hunter, and J. R. Nevins (1992). A cyclin A-protein kinase complex possesses sequence-specific DNA binding activity: p33cdk2 is a component of the E2F-cyclin A complex. Cell 68:167-76.
Raychaudhuri, P., S. Bagchi, S.H. Devoto, V.B. Kraus, E. Moran, and J.R. Nevins (1991). Domains of the adenovirus E1A protein required for oncogenic activity are also required for dissociation of E2F transcription factor complexes. Genes & Devel. 5:1200-1211.
Nevins, J.R., M. Mudryj, S.P. Chellappan, S.W. Hiebert, S.H. Devoto, J. Pines, and T. Hunter (1991). E2F transcription factor is a target for the Rb protein and the cyclin A protein. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 56:157-162
Mudryj, M., S.H. Devoto, S.W. Hiebert, T. Hunter, J. Pines, J.R. Nevins (1991). Cell cycle regulation of the E2F transcription factor involves an interaction with cyclin A. Cell 65:1243-53. Weigel R.J., S.H. Devoto, and J.R. Nevins (1990). Adenovirus 12S E1A gene represses differentiation of F9 teratocarcinoma cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 87:9878-82.
Devoto, S.H. (1990). Neuronal growth cone migration. Experientia 46: 916-22.
Devoto, S.H., and C.J. Barnstable (1989). Expression of the growth cone specific epitope CDA 1 and the synaptic vesicle protein SVP38 in the developing mammalian cerebral cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 290: 154-68.
Barnstable, C.J., A.S. Blum, S.H. Devoto, D. Hicks, M.A. Morabito, J.R. Sparrow, J.E. Treisman (1988). Cell differentiation and pattern formation in the developing mammalian retina. Neurosci. Res. Suppl. 8: S27-41.
Devoto, S.H., and C.J. Barnstable (1987). SVP38: A synaptic vesicle protein whose appearance correlates closely with synaptogenesis in the rat nervous system. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 493:493-496.