2006      Gomez-Mestre, I. Buchholz, D.R. Developmental plasticity mirrors differences among taxa in spadefoot toads linking plasticity and diversity. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103(50): 19021-19026. (full text pdf)

2006       Fu, L., Tomita, A., Wang, Hua, Buchholz, D.R. Shi, Y.-B. Transcriptional regulation of the Xenopus laevis stromelysin-3 gene by thyroid hormone is mediated by a DNA element in the first introl. J. Biol. Chem. 281 (25):16870-16878. (full text pdf)

2006*      Buchholz, D.R., Paul, B.D., Fu, L., Tomita, A., and Shi, Y.-B. Molecular and developmental analyses of thyroid hormone receptor function in Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog. Gen. Comp. Endo. 145: 1-19. Cover Image.(full text pdf)

2006**     Buchholz, D.R., Paul, B.D., and Shi, Y,-B. Chapter 11: Chromatin immunoprecipitation for in vivo studies of transcriptional regulation during development. In Analysis of Growth Factor Signaling in Embryos, pg. 257-271. Whitman, M. and Sater, A.K., eds. For "Methods in Signal Transduction" series, CRC Press. (full text pdf)

2005       Buchholz, D.R., Paul, B.D., and Shi, Y.-B. Gene-specific changes in promoter occupancy by thyroid hormone receptor during frog metamorphosis: Implications for developmental gene regulation. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (50): 41222-41228. (full text pdf)

2005       Fu, L., Ishizuya-Oka, A., Buchholz, D.R., Amano, T., Matsuda, H., and Shi, Y.-B. A causative role of stromelysin-3 in extracellular matrix remodelling and epithelial apopotosis during intestinal metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (30): 27856-27865.(full text pdf)

2005       Buchholz, D.R. and Hayes, T.B. Variation in thyroid hormone action and tissue content underlies species differences in the timing of metamorphosis in desert frogs. Evolution and Development 7(5): 458-467.(full text pdf)

2005       Paul, B.P., Buchholz, D.R., and Shi, Y.-B. Tissue- and gene-specific recruitment of steroid receptor coactivator-3 by thyroid hormone receptor during development. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (29): 27165-27172.

            (Chosen as JBC Paper of the Week over 100 papers published per week).(full text pdf)

2005       Paul, B.P., Fu, L., Buchholz, D.R., and Shi, Y.-B. Coactivator recruitment is essential for liganded thyroid hormone receptor to initiate amphibian metamorphosis. Mol. Cell. Biol. 25 (13): 5712-5724. (full text pdf) Cover Image.

2004       Buchholz, D.R., Tomita, A., Fu, L., Paul, B.D., and Shi, Y.-B. Transgenic analysis reveals that thyroid hormone receptor is sufficient to mediate the thyroid hormone signal in frog metamorphosis. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24 (20): 9026-9037.

2004       Buchholz, D.R., Ishizuya-Oka, A., and Shi, Y.-B. Spatial and temporal expression pattern of a novel gene in the frog Xenopus laevis: correlations with adult intestinal epithelial differentiation during metamorphosis. Mech. Devel./Gene Expression Patterns 4: 321-328.

2004       Tomita, A., Buchholz, D.R., and Shi, Y.-B. Recruitment of N-CoR/SMRT-TBLR1 corepressor complex by unliganded thyroid hormone receptor for gene repression during frog development. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24 (8): 3337-3346.

2003       Buchholz, D.R., Fu, L., and Shi, Y.-B. Cryopreservation of Xenopus transgenic lines. Molec. Reprod. Devel. 67: 65-69.

2003       Buchholz, D.R., Hsia, V., Fu, L., and Shi, Y.-B. A dominant negative thyroid hormone receptor blocks amphibian metamorphosis by retaining corepressors at target genes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23 (19): 6750-6758.

2003       Tomita, A., Buchholz, D.R., Obata, K., and Shi, Y.-B. Fusion protein of retinoic acid receptor a with promyelocytic leukemia protein of promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein recruits N-CoR-TBLR1 corepressor complex to repress transcription in vivo. J. Biol. Chem. 278 (33): 30788-30795.

2003       Garcia-Paris, M., Buchholz, D.R.,  and Parra-Olea, G. Phylogenetic relationships of Pelobatoidea re-examined using mtDNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 28 (1): 12-23.

2002       Fu*, L., Buchholz*, D.R., and Shi, Y.-B. Novel double-promoter approach for identification of transgenic animals: a tool for in vivo analysis of gene function and development of gene-based therapies. Molec. Reprod. Devel. 62 (4): 470-476. *equal contributors

2003*      Hsia, V. S.-C., Tomita, A., Obata, K., Paul, B., Buchholz, D.R., and Shi, Y.-B. Role of chromatin disruption and histone acetylation in thyroid hormone receptor action: Implications in the regulation of HIV-1 LTR. Histol. Histopathol. 18(1): 323-331.

2002       Buchholz, D.R. and Hayes, T.B. Evolutionary patterns of diversity in spadefoot toad metamorphosis (Anura:Pelobatidae). Copeia 2002(1): 180-189.

2001*       Shi, Y.-B., Fu, L. Hsia, V., Tomita, A.,  and Buchholz, D.R. Thyroid hormone regulation of apoptotic tissue remodeling during anuran metamorphosis. Cell Res. 11(4): 245-252.

2000       Buchholz, D.R. and Hayes, T.B. Larval period comparison for the spadefoot toads Scaphiopus couchii and Spea multiplicata (Anura: Pelobatidae). Herpetologica. 56 (4): 455-468.

2000       Buchholz, D. R. and Ely, E. Geographic Distribution. Taricha torosa. Herpetol. Rev. 31(2): 108.

1995       Buchholz, D.R., Scott, P., and Shastri, N. Presentation without proteolytic cleavage of endogenous precursors in the MHC class I antigen processing pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 270: 6515-22.

1995       Malarkannan, S., Goth, S., Buchholz, D.R., and Shastri, N. The role of MHC class I molecules in the generation of endogenous peptide/MHC complexes. J. Immunol. 154: 585-98.

1994       Ruben, L.N., Ahmadi, P., Johnson, R.O., Buchholz, D.R., Clothier, R.H. and Shiigi, S. Apoptosis in the thymus of developing Xenopus laevis. Devel. Comp. Immunol. 18(4): 343-52.

1994       Ruben, L.N., Buchholz, D.R., Ahmadi, P., Johnson, R.O., Clothier, R.H., and Shiigi, S. Apoptosis in thymus and adult Xenopus laevis. Devel. Comp. Immunol. 18(4): 231-38.