ZFIN Person: Ungar, Anne

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-574

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-574

Ungar, Anne

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Address:	Department of Biology Gilmer Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903-2477 USA
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Phone:	(804) 243-8703
Fax:	(804) 982-5626
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests include the role of wnt and hedgehog signalling in early development, early neural patterning, and the development of genetic methods to obtain zebrafish carrying mutations in genes of interest.

PUBLICATIONS

Ungar, A. and Calvey, C. (2002) Zebrafish frizzled7b is expressed in prechordal mesoderm, brain and paraxial mesoderm. Mechanisms of Development. 118(102):165-169

Im, D.S., Ungar, A.R., and Lynch, K.R. (2000) Characterization of a zebrafish (Danio rerio) sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor expressed in the embryonic brain. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(1):139-143

Im, D.-S., Ungar, A.R., and Lynch, K.R. (2000) Cloning and characterization of a zebrafish sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor. Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society. 43:129

Ungar, A.R., Helde, K.A., and Moon, R.T. (1998) Production of androgenetic haploids in zebrafish with ultraviolet light. Molecular marine biology and biotechnology. 7:320-326

Ungar, A.R., and Moon, R.T. (1996) Inhibition of protein kinase A phenocopies ectopic expression of hedgehog in the CNS of wild-type and cyclops mutant embryos. Developmental Biology. 178(1):186-191

Ekker, S.C., Ungar, A.R., Greenstein, P., vonKessler, D.P., Porter, J.A., Moon, R.T., and Beachy, P.A. (1995) Patterning activities of vertebrate hedgehog proteins in the developing eye and brain. Current biology : CB. 5:944-955

Ungar, A.R., Kelly, G.M., and Moon, R.T. (1995) Wnt4 affects morphogenesis when misexpressed in the zebrafish embryo. Mechanisms of Development. 52:153-164

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS