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UMBC Biological Sciences
Rachel Brewster
Contact Information
Office: BS 118
Phone: 410-455-3570
Rachel Brewster
Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral, Dept. of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2003; Postdoctoral, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University, 1999; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996
Selected publications

Harrington MJ, Hong E, Brewster R. (2009). Comparative analysis of neurulation: first impressions do not count.  Mol Reprod Dev., 76(10):954-65.
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Harrington MJ, Hong E, Fasanmi O, Brewster R. (2007) Cadherin-mediated adhesion regulates posterior body formation. BMC Dev Biol. 7:130.
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Hong E., and Brewster R. (2006). N-cadherin is required for the polarized cell behaviors that drive neurulation in the zebrafish. Development 133:3895-3905.
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Brewster R., Ruiz I., and Altaba A. (2000). Hexokinase I is a Gli2-responsive gene expressed in the embryonic CNS. Mech. Dev. 99:159-162.
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Brewster R., Mullor JL, Ruiz I., and Altaba A. (2000). Gli2 functions in FGF signaling during antero-posterior patterning. Development 127:4395-4405.
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Brewster R. and Dahmane N. (1999). Getting ahead of the organizer: anterior-posterior patterning of the forebrain. Bioessays 21:631-636.
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Brewster R., Lee J., Ruiz I., and Altaba A. (1998). Gli/Zic factors pattern the neural plate by defining domains of cell differentiation. Nature 393:579-583.
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