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Our department makes significant strides in advancing Biomedical research and publishing our findings in the best international journals.

Shown below are selected publications showcasing the work of MBB research groups.

Baillie Lab

  • Simms et al. A strawberry notch homolog, let-765/nsh-1, positively regulates lin-3/egf expression to promote RAS-dependent vulval induction in C. elegans.
    Dev Biol 2010
  • Mah et al. Characterization of the octamer, a cis-regulatory element that modulates excretory cell gene-expression in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    BMC Mol Biol 2010
  • Jones et al. Quality High resolution molecular analysis of deficiencies affecting recombination in C. elegans.
    Mol Genet Genomics 2009

Beh Lab

  • Beh, C.T. et al. A detour for yeast oxysterol-binding proteins.
    J Biol Chem 2012
  • Johansen et al. Vesicle trafficking from a lipid perspective: Lipid regulation of exocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    Cell Logist 2012
  • Alfaro et al. The sterol-binding protein Kes1/Osh4p is a regulator of polarized exocytosis.
    Traffic 2011

Brandhorst Lab

  • Bishop, C.D., and B.P. Brandhorst. Development of nitric oxide synthase-defined neurons in the sea urchin larval ciliary band and evidence for a chemosensory function during metamorphosis.
    Dev Dyn 2007
  • Burke et al. A genomic view of the sea urchin nervous system.
    Devel Biol 2006
  • Bishop, C.D., and B.P. Brandhorst. On nitric oxide signaling, metamporphosis, and the evolution of life cycles.
    Evol Dev 2003

 

Brinkman Lab

  • Winstanley et al. Newly introduced genomic prophage islands are critical determinants of in vivo competitiveness in the Liverpool Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Genome Res 2009
  • Bovine Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium. The genome sequence of taurine cattle: a window to ruminant biology and evolution.
    Science 2009
  • Lynn et al. Facilitating Systems Level Analyses of the Mammalian Innate Immune Response.
    Mol Syst Biol 2008

Brockman Lab

  • Berger et al. Viral adaptation to immune selection pressure by HLA class I-restricted CTL responses targeting epitopes in HIV frameshift sequences.
    J Exp Med 2010
  • Brockman et al.IL-10 is up-regulated in multiple cell types during viremic HIV infection and reversibly inhibits virus-specific T cells.
    Blood 2009
  • Miura et al.HLA-associated alterations in replication capacity of chimeric NL4-3 viruses carrying gag-protease from elite controllers of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
    J Virol 2009

Chen Lab

  • Uyar et al. RNA-seq analysis of the C. briggsae transcriptome.
    Genome Res. 2012
  • Tarailo-Graovac M, Chen N. Proper Cyclin B3 Dosage Is Important for Precision of Metaphase-to-Anaphase Onset Timing in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    G3 (Bethesda) 2012
  • Chu et al. Fine tuning of RFX/DAF-19-regulated target gene expression through binding to multiple sites in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    Nucleic Acids Research 2011

Choy Lab

  • Choy JC .Granzymes in solid organ transplant rejection.
    Cell Death and Diff 2010
  • Choy JC and Pober JS. Paracrine generation of NO by bystander human CD8 T cells augments allogeneic responses by inhibiting cytokine deprivation-induced cell death.
    Am J Transplant 2009
  • Choy et al. Induction of inducible NO synthase in bystander human T cells increases allogeneic responses in the vasculature.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007

Cornell Lab

  • Huang HK, Taneva SG, Lee J, Silva LP, Schriemer DC, Cornell RB. The Membrane-Binding Domain of an Amphitropic Enzyme Suppresses Catalysis by Contact with an Amphipathic Helix Flanking Its Active Site.
    J Mol Biol. 2012
  • Ding et al. A 22-mer Segment in the Structurally Pliable Regulatory Domain of Metazoan CTP: Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase Facilitates Both Silencing and Activating Functions
    J Biol Chem 2012
  • Taneva S, Lee JMC, Cornell R. The amphipathic helix of an enzyme that regulates phosphatidylcholine synthesis remodels membranes into highly curved nanotubules
    Biochim Biophys Acta 2012

Craig Lab

  • Ford et al. Crystal Structures of CTX-phi pIII Unbound and in Complex with Vibrio cholerae TolA Reveal Novel Interaction Interfaces.
    J Biol Chem 2012
  • Kolappan et al. Structural Characterization of CFA/III and Longus Type IVb pili from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
    J Bacteriol 2012
  • Li et al. Structure of the Vibrio cholerae Type IVb pilus and stability comparison with the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IVa pilus.
    J Mol Biol 2012

Davidson Lab

  • Phillips et al. Assignment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) linkage groups to specific chromosomes: Conservation of large syntenic blocks corresponding to whole chromosome arms in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
    BMC Genet 2009
  • Davidson et al. The Sex Determining Loci and Sex Chromosomes in the Family Salmonidae.
    Sex Dev 2009
  • Johnstone et al. Genomic Organization and Evolution of the Vomeronasal Type 2 Receptor-Like (OlfC) Gene Clusters in Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar.
    Mol Biol Evol 2009

 

Gorski Lab

  • Chittaranjan et al. Steroid hormone control of cell death and cell survival: molecular insights using RNAi.
    PLoS Genet 2009
  • Hou et al. Effector caspase Dcp-1 and IAP protein Bruce regulate starvation-induced autophagy during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis.
    J Cell Biol 2008
  • Qadir et al. Macroautophagy inhibition sensitizes tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells and enhances mitochondrial depolarization.
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008

Harden Lab

  • Bahri et al. The leading edge during dorsal closure as a model for epithelial plasticity: Pak is required for recruitment of the Scribble complex and septate junction formation.
    Development 2010
  • Zahedi et al. Leading edge-secreted Dpp cooperates with ACK-dependent signaling from the amnioserosa to regulate myosin levels during dorsal closure.
    Dev Dyn 2008
  • Conder et al. The serine/threonine kinase dPak is required for polarized assembly of F-actin bundles and apical-basal polarity in the Drosophila follicular epithelium.
    Dev Biol 2007

Hawkins Lab

  • Hingwing et al. CWN-1 functions with DSH-2 to regulate C. elegans asymmetric neuroblast division in a ß-catenin independent Wnt pathway.
    Dev Biol 2009
  • King et al. The N- or C-terminal domains of DSH-2 can activate the C. elegans Wnt/ß-catenin asymmetry pathway.
    Dev Biol 2009

Holt Lab

  • Warren RL, Holt RA. A census of predicted mutational epitopes suitable for immunologic cancer control.
    Hum Immunol 2010
  • Mead et al. Cytosolic protein interactions of the schizophrenia susceptibility gene dysbindin.
    J Neurochem 2010
  • Freeman et al. Profiling the T-cell receptor beta-chain repertoire
    by massively parallel sequencing.
    Genome Res. 2009

Honda Lab

  • Sinclair et al.Drosophila O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is encoded by the Polycomb group (PcG) gene, super sex combs (sxc). .
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2009
  • Hallson et al. The Drosophila cohesin subunit Rad21 is a trithorax group (trxG) protein.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci 2008
  • Schulze et al.  Heterochromatic genes in Drosophila: a comparative analysis of two genes.
    Genetics 2006

Jones Lab

  • Diguistini et al. De novo genome sequence assembly of a filamentous fungus using Sanger, 454 and Illumina sequence data.
    Genome Biol 2009
  • Birol et al. De novo transcriptome assembly with ABySS.
    Bioinformatics 2009
  • Robertson et al. Genome-wide relationship between histone H3 lysine 4 mono- and tri-methylation and transcription factor binding.
    Genome Res 2008

Leroux Lab

  • Williams et al. MKS and NPHP modules cooperate to establish basal body/transition zone membrane associations and ciliary gate function during ciliogenesis.
    J Cell Biol 2011
  • Huang et al. TMEM237 is mutated in individuals with a Joubert syndrome related disorder and expands the role of the TMEM family at the ciliary transition zone.
    Am J Hum Genet 2011
  • Jensen et al. Localization of a guanylyl cyclase to chemosensory cilia requires the novel ciliary MYND domain protein DAF-25.
    PLoS Genet 2010

Morin Lab

  • Morin et al. Mutational and structural analysis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using whole genome sequencing.
    Blood, 2013
  • Trinh et al. Analysis of FOXO1 mutations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
    Blood, 2013
  • Roberts et al. Genetic alterations activating kinase and cytokine receptor signaling in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
    Cancer Cell, 2012

Paetzel Lab

  • Chung & Paetzel. Crystal structure of Yellowtail ascites virus VP4 protease: trapping an internal cleavage site trans acyl-enzyme complex in a native Ser/Lys dyad active site.
    J Biol Chem 2013
  • Nam et al. Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis signal peptide peptidase A.
    J Mol Biol 2012
  • Kim et al. Crystal structure of the beta-barrel assembly machinery BamCD complex.
    J Biol Chem 2011

Pio Lab

  • Yan et al. RPA nucleic acid-binding properties of IFI16-HIN200.
    Biochim Biophys Acta 2008
  • Dalal K, Pio F. Thermodynamics and stability of the PAAD/DAPIN/PYRIN domain of IFI-16.
    FEBS Lett 2006
  • Cooper et al. Aedes Dronc: a novel ecdysone-inducible caspase in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
    Insect Mol Biol 2007

Quarmby Lab

  • Parker et al. Centrioles are Freed From Cilia by Severing Prior to Mitosis.
    Cytoskeleton 2010
  • Rasi et al. Katanin Knockdown Supports a Role for Microtubule Severing in Release of Basal Bodies before Mitosis in Chlamydomonas.
    Mol Biol Cell 2009
  • Hilton et al. The NIMA-related kinase NEK1 cycles through the nucleus.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009

Scott Lab

  • van Houten et al. Engineering filamentous phage carriers to improve focusing of antibody
    responses against peptides.
    Vaccine 2010
  • Montero et al. The Membrane-Proximal External Region of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope: Dominant Site of Antibody Neutralization and Target for Vaccine Design.
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2008
  • Scott JK, Smith GP. Searching for peptide ligands with an epitope library.
    Science 1990

Sen Lab

  • Huang Y.C. and Sen D. A contractile electronic switch made of DNA. 
    J Am Chem Soc 2010
  • Lee H.W. et al. Reversible Photo-Regulation of a Hammerhead Ribozyme using a Diffusible Effector.
    J Mol Biol 2007
  • Chinnapen, D. J.-F. and Sen, D. A Deoxyribozyme that Harnesses Light to Repair Thymine Dimers in DNA. 
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2004

Thewalt Lab

  • Leung SSW, Busto JV, Keyvanloo A, Goñi FM, and Thewalt J. Insights into Sphingolipid Miscibility: Separate Observation of Sphingomyelin and Ceramide N-Acyl Chain Melting.
    Biophys. J. 2012
  • Kwak S, Brief E, Langlais D, Kitson N, Lafleur M, Thewalt J. Ethanol perturbs lipid organization in models of stratum corneum membranes: an investigation combining differential scanning calorimetry, infrared and 2H-NMR spectroscopy.
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Biomembranes 2012
  • Hsueh et al. Deuterium NMR study of the effect of ergosterol on POPE membranes.
    Biophys J 2010

Unrau Lab

  • Lau MW, Unrau PJ. A promiscuous ribozyme promotes nucleotide synthesis in addition to ribose chemistry.
    Chem Biol 2009
  • Morin et al. Comparative analysis of the small RNA transcriptomes of Pinus contorta and Oryza sativa.
    Genome Res 2008
  • Zaher et al.Selection of an improved RNA polymerase ribozyme with superior extension and fidelity.
    RNA 2007

Verheyen Lab

  • Lee et al. Homeodomain-interacting protein kinases (Hipks) promote Wnt/Wg signaling through stabilization of beta-catenin/Arm and stimulation of target gene expression.
    Development 2009
  • Lee et al. Hipk is an essential protein that promotes Notch signal transduction in the Drosophila eye by inhibition of the global co-repressor Groucho.
    Dev Biology 2009
  • Braid and Verheyen. Drosophila nemo promotes eye specification directed by the retinal determination gene network.
    Genetics 2008

Young Lab

  • Chan et al. Bimodal agonism in heteromeric cyclic nucleotide-gated channels.
    Channels (Austin) 2009
  • Wicks et al. Sensitivity of HCN channel deactivation to cAMP is amplified by an S4 mutation combined with activation mode shift.
    Channels (Austin) 2009
  • Wicks et al. The cytoplasmic cAMP-sensing domain of pacemaker HCN channels uses two structurally distinct mechanisms to regulate voltage-gating. [Refereed presentation]
    Circulation 120: S664 2009