Bell, J, Noveen, A, Liu, Y-H, Ma, L, Dobias, S, Kundu, R, Lu, W, Xia, Y, Lusis, A, Snead, ML, and Maxson, R.  Genomic structure, chromosomal location, and evolution of mouse Hox8 gene.  Genomics 116:123-131, 1993.

Liu, Y-H, Ma, L, Wu, L-Y, Luo, W, Kundu, R, Sangiorgi, F, Snead, ML, and Maxson, R.  An Msx2 transgene with only 439 bp of 5' flanking sequence is expressed exclusively in the apical ectodermal ridge. Mechanisms of Development 48:187-197, 1994.

Ignelzi, MA, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, RE, and Snead, ML. Genetically engineered mice: tools to understand craniofacial development.  Crit Rev Oral Biol & Med. 6, 1-21, 1995.

Liu, Y-H, Kundu, R, Luo, W, Wu, L-Y, Ignelzi, MA, Snead, ML, and Maxson, R.  Premature suture closure and ectopic cranial bone in mice expressing Msx2 transgenes in the developing skull.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92, 6137-6141, 1995.

Liu, Y-H, Ma, L, Kundu, R, Ignelzi, M, Sangiorgi, F., Wu, L-Y, Luo, W., Snead, ML, and Maxson, R.  Function of the Msx2 gene in the morphogenesis of the Skull. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 785, 48-58, 1996.

Phippard, DJ, Weber-Hall, SJ, SJ, Sharpe, PT, Naylor, MS, Jayatalake, Maas, R, Woo, I, Roberts-Clark, D, Francis-West, PH, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, R, Hill, RE and Dale, TC.  Regulation of Msx-1, Msx-2, BMP-2 and BMP-4 during fetal and postnatal mammary gland development. Development 122, 2729-2737, 1996.

Dodig, M, Kronenberg, MS, Bedalov, A, Kream, BE, Gronowicz, G, Clark, SH, Mack, K, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, RE, Pan, ZZ, Upholt, WB, Rowe, DW, Lichtler, AC. Identification of a TAAT-containing motif required for high level expression of the COL1A1 promoter in differentiated osteoblasts of transgenic mice. J Biol Chem 271, 16422-9, 1996.

Snead, ML, Paine, ML, Chen, LS, Luo, BY, Zhou, DH, Lei, YP, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, RE Jr. The murine amelogenin promoter: developmentally regulated expression in transgenic animals. Connect Tissue Res 35, 41-7, 1996.

Lazik, R, Liu, Y-H, Bringas, B, Sangiorgi, F and Maxson, R.  A sensitive method for analyzing b-galactosidase reporter gene expression in tissue sections of post implantation mouse embryos. Trends in Genetics 12, 445-447, 1996.

Zernik, JH, Nowroozi, N, Liu, Y-H, and Maxson, R.  Development, maturation, and aging of the alveolar bone ---- new insight. Dental Clinics of North America 41, 1-15, 1997.

Tan, H, Ransick, A, Wu, H, Dobias S, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, R.  Disruption of primary mesenchyme cell patterning by misregulated ectodermal expression of SpMsx in sea urchin embryos. Dev Biol 201, 230-46, 1998.

Kanzler, B, Kuschert, SJ, Liu, Y-H, Mallo, M. Hoxa-2 restricts the chondrogenic domain and inhibits bone formation during development of the branchial area. Development 125, 2587-97, 1998.

Liu, Y-H, Tang, Z, Kundu, RK, Wu, L, Luo, W, Zhu, D, Sangiorgi, F, Snead, ML, Maxson, RE. Msx2 Gene Dosage Influences the Number of Proliferative Osteogenic Cells in Growth Centers of the Developing Murine Skull: A Possible Mechanism for MSX2-Mediated Craniosynostosis in Humans. Dev Biol 205, 260-274, 1999.

Dodig, M, Tadic, T, Kronenberg, MS, Dacic, S, Liu, Y-H, Maxson, R, Rowe, DW, Lichtler, AC. Ectopic Msx2 overexpression inhibits and Msx2 antisense stimulates calvarial osteoblast differentiation. Dev Biol 209, 298-307, 1999.

Jiang, T-X, Liu, Y-H, Widelitz, RB, Maxson, RE and Chuong, C M. Epidermal dysplasia and abnormal hair follicles in transgenic mice over-expressing homeobox gene Msx-2. J. Investigative Dermatology, 113, 230-237, 1999.

Lazik, A, Kwang, S, Liu, Y-H, Sangiorgi, F, Chan, C, Rauchman, M, Maas, R, Maxson, RE. Msx2 functions downstream of Pax3 in the development of the cardiac neural crest of the mouse.  Submitted, 1999.

Book Chapters

Liu Y-H, Snead ML, Maxson RE. Transgenic mouse models of craniofacial disorders. In Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 137: Developmental Biology Protocols, Vol. III (eds. Tuan, RS and Lo, CW), in press, 1999.