Selected Publications: (click on image of article for reprint)
Yi, F and Merrill, B.J. Stem Cells and TCF Proteins: A role for beta-catenin-Independent Functions. Stem Cell Rev. 3 (1): 39-48. 2007
Hoffman, J,A, and Merrill B.J. New and Renewed Perspectives on Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency. Front. Biosc. 12: 3321-3332. 2007
Pereira, L., Yi, F., and Merrill, B.J. Repression of Nanog Gene Transcription by Tcf3 Limits Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal. Mol. Cell. Biol. 26(20): 7479-7491. 2006
Merrill, B.J., Pasolli, A., Polak, L., Rendl, M., Garcia-Garcia, M.J., , Anderson, K.V., and Fuchs, E. Tcf3: A novel repressor of organizer specification in the early embryo. Development 131(2): 263-274. 2004
Merrill, B.J., Gat, U., DasGupta, R., and Fuchs E. Tcf3 and Lef1 regulate lineage differentiation of multipotent stem cells in skin. Genes Dev. 15(13): 1688-1705. 2001 (cover)
Fuchs, E., Merrill, B.J., Jamora, C., and DasGupta, R. At the roots of a never-ending cycle. Developmental Cell. 1: 13-25. 2001
Merrill, B.J. and Holm, C. A requirement for recombinational repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is caused by DNA replication defects in mec1 mutants. Genetics, 153: 595-605. 1999
Chen, C., Merrill, B.J., Lau, P., Holm, C., and Kolodner, R.D. Saccharomyces cerevisiae pol30 (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) mutations impair replication fidelity and mismatch repair. Mol Cell Biol. 19 (11): 7801-7815. 1999
Merrill, B.J. and Holm, C. The RAD52 recombinational repair pathway is essential in pol30(PCNA) mutants that accumulate small single-stranded DNA fragments during DNA synthesis. Genetics, 148: 611-624. 1998
Quay, T., Slaughter, C., Davis, T.P., Merrill, B.J., and Hersh, L.B. Positional effects in neprilysin (neutral endopeptidase) reaction. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 308(1): 133-136. 1994
Mania-Farnell, B.L., Merrill, B.J., Konings, P.N., and Davis, T.P. Regulation of CCK mRNA in the neuroepithelioma cell line SK-N-MCIXC in response to second messengers. FEBS Letters, 335 (1): 65-68. 1993
Gillespie, T.J., Konings, P.N., Merrill, B.J., and Davis, T.P. A specific enzyme assay for aminopeptidase M in rat brain. Life Sciences, 51 (26): 2097-2106. 1992
