Joshua York and Carole LaBonne (2021) The Development and Evolution of the Vertebrate Neural Crest: Insights from Xenopus. in Xenopus, from basic biology to disease models in the genomic era. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780367505271
J. Seeler, A. Sharma, N. Zaluzec, R. Bleher, B. Lai, E. Schultz, BM Hoffman, C. LaBonne, TK Woodruff, TV O’Halloran (2021) Metal ion fluxes controlling amphibian fertilization. Nature Chemistry 3(7):683-691.
E. Shock, and C. LaBonne. (2020). Sorting Sox: Diverse Roles for Sox Transcription Factors During Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development. Front Physiol. 11: 606889. PMID: 33424631
Buitrago-Delgado E, Schock EN, Nordin K, LaBonne C. (2018) A transition from SoxB1 to SoxE transcription factors is essential for progression from pluripotent blastula cells to neural crest cells. Dev Biol. 2018 Dec 15;444(2):50-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.08.008
Rao, A and LaBonne, C. (2018). Histone Deacetylase activity plays an essential role in establishing and maintaining the vertebrate neural crest. Development.163386 doi: 10.1242/dev.163386
Geary, L and LaBonne, C. (2018). FGF mediated MAPK and PI3K/Akt signals make distinct contributions to pluripotency and the establishment of neural crest. Elife 7, 139-159.
LaBonne, C and Zorn, AM. (2015). Modeling Human Development and Disease in Xenopus. Developmental Biology 408:179.
Buitrago-Delgado, E, Nordin, K, Rao, A, Geary, L, and LaBonne,C. (2015) Shared regulatory Programs Suggest retention of blastula stage potential in Neural Crest Cells. Science 348:1332-5.
Nordin, K and LaBonne, C. (2014). Sox5 Is a DNA Binding Co-factor for BMP R-Smads that Directs Target Specificity during Patterning of the Early Ectoderm. Developmental Cell 31:374-382.
Moosmann, J, Ershov, A, Weinhardt, V, Baumbach, T, Prasad, MS, LaBonne,C., Xiao, X., Kashef, J., Hofmann, R. (2014) Time-lapse X-ray phase-contrast microtomography for in vivo imaging and analysis of morphogenesis. Nature Protocols. (2):294-304.
Groves, AK, LaBonne,C. (2014). Setting appropriate boundaries: Fate, patterning and competence at the neural plate border. Developmental Biology 389:2-12.
Moosmann, J, Ershov, A, Altapova, V, Baumbach, T,. Prasad, MS, LaBonne,C., X .Xiao, J. Kashef & R. Hofmann (2013) X-ray phase-contrast in vivo microtomography probes new aspect of’ Xenopus gastrulation. Nature 497, 374–377.
Lander, T, Nasar, S, Ochoa, S, LaBonne,C. (2013) Interactions between Twist and other core epithelial-mesenchymal transition factors are controlled by GSK3-mediated phosphorylation. Nature Communications 4:1542-
Lee, PC, Taylor, K., Nordin, KM, Prasad, MS, Lander, R. and LaBonne, C. (2012) SoxE factors can function as SUMO- dependent transcriptional repressors by recruiting Grg4 via a multi-valent interaction mechanism. Journal of Cell Biology 198: 799-813. (Featured article in Issue)
Prasad, MS, Sauka-Spengler,T, LaBonne, C (2012). Induction of the neural crest state: Control of stem cell attributes by gene regulatory, post-transcriptional and epigenetic interactions. Developmental Biology 366:10-21
Harney, AS, Meade, TJ, LaBonne, C. (2012) Targeted Inactivation of Snail Family EMT Regulatory Factors by a Co(III)-Ebox Conjugate. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32318. doi:10.1371
Ochoa, S, Salvador, S, LaBonne, C. (2012). The LIM adaptor protein LMO4 is an essential regulator of neural crest development. Developmental Biology 361:313-325 (Cover Article)
Lander, N, Nordin, K, and LaBonne, C. (2011). The F-box Protein Ppa is a common regulator of the core EMT transcription factors Twist, Snail/Slug and Sip1. Journal of Cell Biology 194: 17-25 (Featured article in Issue)
Hardin and LaBonne, C. (2010) SoxE factors as multifunctional neural crest regulatory factors. International Journal of Biochemistry 42(3) 441-444.
Harney, AS, Lee, J, Manus, LM, Wang, P, Ballweg, DM, LaBonne, C, Meade, TJ. (2009). Targeted inhibition of Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 18;106(33):13667-72
LaBonne, C. (2009) SUMO Weighs in on a Photoreceptor Finish. Developmental Cell 16(2) 165-6.
Taylor and LaBonne, C. (2007). Modulating the activity of neural crest regulatory factors. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. 17:326-331.
Heeg-Truesdell, E, and LaBonne, C. (2007).Multiple roles for Wnt signaling in the development of the vertebrate neural crest. Advances in Developmental Biology 17:203-221.
Heeg-Truesdell, E, and LaBonne, C. (2006). Neural induction in Xenopus requires inhibition of Wnt-b-catenin signaling. Developmental Biology 298:71-8
Vernon, AE, and LaBonne, C (2006). Slug stability is dynamically regulated during neural crest development by the F-box protein, Ppa. Development 133:3359-3370.
Heeg-Truesdell, E, and LaBonne, C. (2006). Wnt Signaling: A Shaggy Dogma Tale. Current Biology 16: 62-64.
Taylor and LaBonne, C. (2005). SoxE factors function equivalently during neural crest and inner ear development and their activity is regulated by SUMOylation. Developmental Cell 9: 593-603. (Featured article in Issue and Highlighted in Molecular Cell.)
Light,W, Vernon, AE, Lasorella, A, Iavarone, A, and LaBonne, C. (2005). Xenopus Id3 is required downstream of c-myc for the formation of multipotent neural crest progenitor cells. Development 132: 1831-1841.
Vernon, AE, and LaBonne, C (2004). Tumor Metastasis: A New Twist on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions. Current Biology 14: 719-721. 13.
Heeg-Truesdell, E, and LaBonne, C (2004). A Slug, a Fox, a pair of Sox: transcriptional responses to neural crest inducing signals. Birth Defects Research Part C Embryo Today 72: 124-139.
Bellmeyer, A, Krase, J, Lingren, J, and LaBonne, C (2003). The proto-oncogene c-myc is an essential regulator of neural crest formation in Xenopus. Developmental Cell 4: 827-839.