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Andreas Knecht

Paul Scherrer Institut
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Induction of the neural crest: a multigene process

AK Knecht, M Bronner-Fraser - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2002 - nature.com
In the embryo, the neural crest is an important population of cells that gives rise to diverse
derivatives, including the peripheral nervous system and the craniofacial skeleton. …

Secondary prevention with antioxidants of cardiovascular disease in endstage renal disease (SPACE): randomised placebo-controlled trial

…, T Weinstein, Z Matas, U Gafter, A Iaina, A Knecht… - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Background Excess cardiovascular mortality has been documented in chronic
haemodialysis patients. Oxidative stress is greater in haemodialysis patients with prevalent …

[HTML][HTML] The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks

…, RM Myers, CT Miller, BR Summers, AK Knecht… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Marine stickleback fish have colonized and adapted to thousands of streams and lakes
formed since the last ice age, providing an exceptional opportunity to characterize genomic …

Measurement of the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron

…, M Kasprzak, Y Kermaidic, K Kirch, A Knecht… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present the result of an experiment to measure the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the
neutron at the Paul Scherrer Institute using Ramsey’s method of separated oscillating …

Neural induction by the secreted polypeptide noggin

TM Lamb, AK Knecht, WC Smith, SE Stachel… - Science, 1993 - science.org
The Spemann organizer induces neural tissue from dorsal ectoderm and dorsalizes lateral
and ventral mesoderm in Xenopus. The secreted factor noggin, which is expressed in the …

Search for Neutrinoless Double- Decay in with the Majorana Demonstrator

…, KJ Keeter, JD Kephart, MF Kidd, A Knecht… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The Majorana Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for
neutrinoless double-β decay in Ge 76. The Majorana Demonstrator comprises 44.1 kg of Ge …

The genetics of adaptive shape shift in stickleback: pleiotropy and effect size

AYK Albert, S Sawaya, TH Vines, AK Knecht… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The distribution of effect sizes of genes underlying adaptation is unknown ( Orr 2005 ). Are
suites of traits that diverged under natural selection controlled by a few pleiotropic genes of …

Secreted noggin protein mimics the Spemann organizer in dorsalizing Xenopus mesoderm

WC Smith, AK Knecht, M Wu, RM Harland - Nature, 1993 - nature.com
ADORSALIZING signal acts during gastrulation to change the specification of lateral
mesodermal tissues from ventral (blood, mesenchyme) to more dorsal fates (muscle, heart, …

Search for an Annual Modulation in a -Type Point Contact Germanium Dark Matter Detector

…, TW Hossbach, ME Keillor, JD Kephart, A Knecht… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
Fifteen months of cumulative CoGeNT data are examined for indications of an annual
modulation, a predicted signature of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) interactions. …

13. A PREHISTORIC SEQUENCE FOR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS

RA Knecht, RS Davis - Archaeology in the Aleut zone of Alaska …, 2001 - researchgate.net
Despite a history of research going back to the 1870s, the prehistoric sequence of the
Aleutian Islands has remained vaguely defined, with long-term stability and slight changes in …