The orphan nuclear hormone ERRb regulates rod photoreceptor development and survival
Onishi A, Peng G-H, Chen J, Lee DA, Alexis, U, Poth E, de Melo J, Chen S, and Blackshaw S. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2010 107:11579-84.
Pias3 directs rod photoreceptor development via SUMOylation of Nr2e3
Onishi A, Peng GH, Du CH, Alexis U, Chen S, Blackshaw S. Neuron 2009 61:234-46.
The inherited blindness associated protein, AIPL1, interacts with the cell-cycle regulator protein, NUB1
Akey DT, Zhu X, Dyer M, Li A, Sorensen A, Blackshaw S, Fukuda-Kamitani T, Daiger SP, Craft C, Kamitani T, Sohocki MM. Hum Mol Genet 2002 11:2723-33.
Profile of the genes expressed in the human peripheral retina, macula, and retinal pigment epithelium determined through serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE)
Sharon D*, Blackshaw S*, Cepko CL, Dryja TP. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002 99:315-20 (* indicates equal contribution by both authors).
Mutations in the inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 1 gene (IMPDH1) cause the RP10 form of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
Browne SJ, Sullivan LS, Blanton SH, Cepko CL, Blackshaw S, Birch DG, Hughbanks-Wheaton D, Heckenlively JR, Daiger SP. Hum Mol Genet 2002 11:559-568.
Comprehensive analysis of photoreceptor gene expression and the identification of candidate retinal disease genes
Blackshaw S, Fraioli RE, Furukawa T, Cepko CL. Cell 2001 107:579-89.