Du, S. J. (2006). Skeletogenesis in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio). In "Handbook of Biomineralization: Vol.1: The Biology of Biominerals Structure Formation. Edmund Baeuerlein (Editor), Willey-VCH, Weinheim. (In Press).

Du, S. J., Rotllant, J., and Tan, X. G. (2006). The zebrafish bop promoter directs muscle-specific GFP expression in transgenic zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamic (in press).

Tan, X. G., Rotllant, J., Li, H., DeDeyne, P. and Du, S. J. (2006). SmyD1, a histone methyltransferase, is required for myofibril organization and muscle contraction in zebrafish embryos. Proc. Natl. Acad.. Sci. USA . 103, 2713-2718.

Vasta, G. R., Ahmed, H., Du, S.J., and Henrikson, D. (2004) Ggalectins in teleost fish: zebrafish (Danio rerio). as a model species to address their biological roles in development and innate immunity. Glycoconjugate J. 21, 503-521.

Du, S. L. and Yutaka Haga (2004). The Zebrafish as a model for studying skeletal development. In : "Biomineralization: Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology and Application" Edmund Baeuerlein (Editor), Willey-VCH, Weinheim. pp. 283-304.

Du, S. J. (2004). Molecular regulation of fish muscle development and growth. In: "Molecular Aspects in Fish and Marine Biology" Vladimir Korzh and Z. Gong (Eds), World Scientific Publications, Singapore. pp. 339-391.

Ahmed, H., Du, S. J., O'Leary, N., and Vasta, G.R. (2004) Biochemical and molecular characterization of galectins from zebrafish (Danio rerio). Notochord-specific expression of a proto type galectin (Drgal1-L2) during early embryogenesis. Glycobiology. 14, 219-232 [ABSTRACT].

Xu, C., Wu, G., Zohar Y. and Du, S. J. (2003) Analysis of myostatin gene structure, expression and function in zebrafish. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 4067-4080 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Gao, J. and V. Anyangwe (2003) Muscle-specific expression of myogenin in zebrafish embryos is controlled by multiple regulatory elements in the promoter. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: B, 134, 123-134 [ABSTRACT].

Tan, X., Hoang, L. and Du, S. J. (2002). Characterization of muscle-regulatory genes, myf5 and myogenin, from striped bass and promoter analysis of muscle-specific expression. Marine Biotechnology 4, 537-554 [ABSTRACT].

Gothilf, Y., Toyama, R., Coon, S., Du, S. J., Dawid, I and Klein, D.C. (2002). Pineal-specific expression of green fluorescent protein, under the control of the serotonin-n-acetyltransferase gene regulatory regions in transgenic zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics, 225, 241-249 [ABSTRACT].

Tan, X. and Du, S. J. (2002) Differential expression of two MyoD genes in fast and slow muscles of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Development Genes and Evolution. 212, 207-217 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J. and Dienhart, M. (2001). Zebrafish tiggy-winkle hedgehog promoter directs notochord and floor plate green fluorescence protein expression in transgenic zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamics. 222, 655-666 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Frenkel, V., Kindschi, G. and Zohar Y. (2001). Visualizing normal and defective bone development in zebrafish embryos using the fluorescent chromophore calcein. Developmental Biology. 238, 239-246 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J. and Dienhart, M. (2000). Gli2 mediation of hedgehog signals in slow muscle induction in zebrafish. Differentiation. 67, 84-91 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Devoto, S., Westerfield M. and Moon, R. T. (1997). Positive and negative regulation of muscle cell identity by members of the hedgehog and TGF-b gene families. J. Cell Biol. 139, 145-156 [ABSTRACT].

Wong, A. O., Le-Drean, Y., Liu, D., Hu, Z. Z., Du, S. J. and Hew, C. L. (1996). Induction of chinook salmon growth hormone promoter activity by the adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent pathway involves two cAMP-response elements with the CGTCA motif and the pituitary-specific transcription factor Pit-1. Endocrinology 137, 1775-1784 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Purcell, S. M., Christian, J. L., McGrew, L. L. and Moon, R. T. (1995). Identification of distinct classes and functional domains of Wnts through expression of wild-type and chimeric proteins in Xenopus embryos. Molecular and Cellular Biology 15: 2625-2634 [ABSTRACT].

Devlin, R. H., Yesaki, T. Y., Donaldson, E. M., Du, S. J. and Hew, C. L. (1995). Production of germline transgenic Pacific salmonids with dramatically increased growth performance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 1376-1384.

Du, S. J., Devlin, R. H. and Hew, C. L. (1993). Genomic structure of growth hormone genes in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): presence of two functional genes, GH-I and GH-II, and a male-specific pseudogene, GH-Y. DNA and Cell Biology 12: 739-751 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Gong Z., Hew C. L., Tan, C. H. and Fletcher GL.. (1992). Development of an "all fish" gene cassette for gene transfer in aquaculture. Marine Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 1:290-300 [ABSTRACT].

Du, S. J., Gong, Z., Fletcher, G., Shears, M. A., King, M. J., Idler, D. R. and Hew, C. L. (1992). Growth enhancement in transgenic Atlantic salmon by the use of an "all fish" chimeric growth hormone gene construct. Bio/Technology 10: 176-181 [ABSTRACT].

Hew, C. L., Trinh, K. Y., Du, S. J. and Song, S. (1989). Molecular cloning and expression of salmon pituitary hormones. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 7:375-380.