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2023

Li Y, Chitturi J, Yu B, Zhang Y, Wu J, Ti P, Hung W, Zhen M, Gao S. The glutamate-gating ubiquitin ligase UBR-1 affects the synaptic strength between the GABAergic and glutamatergic signaling. In Revision. Preprint (PDF).

Bach M, Bergs A, Mulcahy B, Zhen M, Gottschalk A. Coordinated electrical and chemical signaling between two neurons orchestrates switching of motor states. Under Review. Preprint at BioRxiv (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.04.522780

Cuentas-Condori A, Chen S, Gallick K, Krout M, Tipps J, Flautt L, Mulcahy B, Zhen M, Richmond J, Miller DM. The Epithelial Na+ Channel UNC-8 triggers an endocytic mechanism that recycles presynaptic components from old to new boutons in remodeling neurons. In Revision, Cell Reports. Preprint at BioRvix (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.29.518248

Wu S, Hung W, Roy C, Li Y, Wang Y, Mulcahy B, Bessereau JL, Calarco J, Zhen M. Two Muscle-Specific and Direct Transcriptional Targets of DAF-16/FOXO Activated by Reduced Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling. Submitted. Preprint at BioRvix (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.09.519372

Meng J, Ahamed T, Yu B, Hung W, El Mouridi S, Leclercq-Blondel A, Gendrel M, Wang Z, Chen L, Wen Q, Boulin T, Gao S, Zhen M. A tonically active master neuron continuously modulates mutually exclusive motor states at two-time scales. Under Review. Preprint at BioRvix (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.06.487231 2022

Pavarino EC, Yang E, Dhanyasi N, Wang M, Bidel F, Lu X, Yang F, Mukesh BR, Drescher B, Hochner B, Katz PS, Zhen M, Lichtman JW, Meriovitch Y. mEMbrain: an interactive deep learning MATLAB tool for connectomic segmentation on commodity desktops. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 17:952921(PDF); https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2023.952921

Lin A, Qin S, Casademunt H, Wu M, Hung W, Cain G, Tan N, Valenzuela R, Lesanpezeshki L, Pehlevan C, Venkatachalam V, Zhen M, Samuel ADT. Functional imaging and quantification of multi-neuronal olfactory responses in C. elegans. Science Advances 9,eade1249 (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade1249

2022

Mulcahy B, Witvliet D, Mitchell JM, Schalek RL, Berger D, Wu Y, Holmyard D, Lu Y, Ahamed T, Samuel ADT, Chisholm AD, Lichtman JW, Zhen M. Post-embryonic maturation of the C. elegans motor circuit. Current Biology 32(21): 4645-4659 (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.065

Lu Y, Ahamed T, Mulcahy B, Witvliet D, Guan SA, Hung W, Meng J, Wen Q, Samuel ADT, Zhen M. Extrasynaptic signaling enables an asymmetric juvenile motor circuit to produce a symmetric gait. Current Biology 32: 4631–4644 (PDF); https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.21.461278

Xu J, Liu Z, Zhang J, Chen S, Wang W, Zhao X, Zhen M, Huang X. N-end Rule-Mediated Proteasomal Degradation of ATGL Promotes Lipid Storage. Diabetes db220362: 1-53. (PDF)

Varga BV, Faiz M, Yang H, Pivonkova H, Gao S, Khelifi G, Linderoth E, Zhen M, Hussein SM, Nagy A. Signal requirement for cortical potential of transplantable human neuroepithelial stem cells. Nature Communications 13(2844) (PDF); http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.27.437311

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2021

Witvliet D, Mulcahy B, Mitchell JM, Meirovitch Y, Berger DR, Wu Y, Liu Y, Koh WR, Parvathala R, Holmyard D, Schalek RL, Shavit N, Chisholm AD, Lichtman JW, Samuel ADT, and Zhen M. Connectomes across development reveal principles of brain maturation. Nature 596:257-261(PDF); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03778-8

Dong XK, Kheiri K, Lu YN, Xu ZY, Zhen M, Liu XY. Towards a live soft microrobot: optogenetic locomotion control of Caenorhabditis elegans. Science Robotics 6(55): eabe3950 (PDF); http://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abe3950

Susoy V, Hung W, Witvliet D, Whitener JE, Wu M, Graham BJ, Zhen M, Venkatachalam V, Samuel ADT. Natural sensory context drives diverse brain-wide activity during C. elegans mating. Cell 184(20): 5122-5137.e17 Article plus supplementals

Britz S, Markert SM, Witvliet D, Steyer AM, Tröger S, Mulcahy B, Kollmannsberger P, Schwab Y, Zhen M, Stigloher C. Structural analysis of the C. elegans dauer larval anterior sensilla by Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscopy. Frontiers In Neuroanatomy. 15:732520 (PDF; supplemental); https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2021.732520

Ji N, Venkatachalam V, Rodgers H, Hung W, Kawano T, Clark C, Lim M, Alkema MJ, Zhen M, Samuel ADT. Corollary neuron underlies motor feedback to sustain forward motor state. eLife 2021;10:e68848 (PDF); https://elifesciences.org/articles/68848

Wang Z, Zhu L, Zhang H, Li G, Yi C, Li Y, Yang Y, Ding Y, Zhen M, Gao S, Hsiai TK, Fei P. Real-time volumetric reconstruction of biological dynamics with light-field microscopy and deep learning. Nature Methods 18: 551-556 (PDF); https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-021-01058-x

Chen L, Liu Y, Su P, Hung W, Li H, Wang Y, Yue Z, Ge M, Wu Z, Zhang Y, Fei P, Chen L, Tao L, Mao H, Zhen M, Gao S. Escape Steering by Cholecystokinin Peptidergic Signaling. Cell Reports 38(6): 110330. (PDF). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124722000468

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2020

​Markert SM, Skoruppa M, Yu B, Mulcahy, B, Zhen, M, Gao S, Sendtner M, Stigloher C. Overexpression of an ALS-associated FUS mutation in C. elegans disrupts NMJ morphology and leads to defective neuromuscular transmission. Biology Open 9: bio055129 (PDF); doi.org/10.1242/bio.055129

Tien C, Yu B, Huang M, Stepien K, Sugita K, Xie X, Han L, Monnier P, Zhen M, Rizo J, Gao S, Sugita S. Open syntaxin overcomes synaptic transmission defects in diverse C. elegans exocytosis mutants. Nature Communications 11(5516) (PDF); doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.10.901835

Yuan W, Zhang X, Qi X, Hung W, Florman J, Huo J, Xu T, Xie Y, Alkema M, Zhen M, Wen Q. Flexible motor sequence generation during stereotyped escape responses. eLife 2020;9:e56942 (PDF); 10.7554/eLife.56942

Zhao F, Yang Y, Li Y, Jiang H, Xie X, Yu T, Wang X, Liu Q, Zhang H, Jia H, Liu S, Zhen M, Zhu D, Gao S, Fei P. Efficient and cost‐effective 3D cellular imaging by sub‐voxel‐resolving light‐sheet add‐on microscopy. J. Biophotonics: 13(6), e201960243 (PDF); doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201960243

Luyben TT, Rai J, Li H, Georgiou J, Avila A, Zhen M, Collingridge GL, Tominaga T, Okamoto K. Optogenetic manipulation of postsynaptic cAMP using a novel transgenic mouse line enables synaptic plasticity and enhanced depolarization in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 14:24 (PDF); doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2020.00024

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2019

Cuentas-Condori A, Mulcahy B, He S, Palumbos S, Zhen M, Miller DM. C. elegans neurons have functional dendritic spines. eLife 2019;8pii:e47918 (PDF); doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47918

Bakooshli MA, Lippmann ES, Mulcahy B, Tung K, Pegoraro E, Ahn H, Ginsberg H, Zhen M, Ashton R, Gilbert PM. A 3D Model of Human Skeletal Muscle Innervated with Stem Cell-derived Motor Neurons Enables Epsilon-subunit Targeted Myasthenic Syndrome Studies. eLife 2019;8:e44530 (PDF); doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44530

Ao Y, Zeng K, Yu B, Miao Y, Hung W, Zhen M, Yang X, Zhang Y, Gao S. An Upconversion Nanoparticle Enables Near Infrared-Optogenetic Manipulation of the C. elegans Motor Circuit. ACS Nano 13(3): 3373-3386 (PDF); doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b09270

Huang YC, Pirri JK, Rayes D, Gao S, Mulcahy B, Grant J, Saheki Y, Francis MM, Zhen M, Alkema AJ. Gain-of-function mutations in the UNC-2/CaV2α channel lead to excitation-dominant synaptic transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife 2019;8:e45905 (PDF); doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45905

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2018

Wen Q, Gao S, Zhen M. Caenorhabditis elegans Excitatory Ventral Cord Motor Neurons Derive Rhythm for Body Undulation. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 373(1758) (PDF); doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0370

Chitturi J, Hung W, Abdel Rahman AM, Wu M, Lim MA, Calarco JA, Baran R, Huang X, Dennis J, Zhen M. The UBR-1 Ubiquitin Ligase Regulates Glutamate Metabolism to Generate Coordinated Motor Pattern in C. elegans. PLoS Genet 14(4): e1007303 (PDF); doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007303

Gao S, Guan S, Fouad AD, Meng J, Huang Y, Li Y, Alcaire S, Hung W, Kawano T, Lu Y, Qi YB, Jin Y, Alkema M, Fang-Yen C, Zhen M. Excitatory Motor Neurons are Local Oscillators for Reverse Locomotion. eLife 2018;7:e29915 (PDF); doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29915

Xu T, Huo J, Shao S, Po M, Kawano T, Lu Y, Wu M, Zhen M, Wen Q. Descending pathway facilitates undulatory wave propagation in Caenorhabditis elegans through gap junctions. PNAS 115(19): E4493-E4502 (PDF); doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717022115

Mulcahy B, Witvliet D, Holmyard D, Mitchell J, Chisholm A, Samuel ADT, Zhen M. A Pipeline for Volume Electron Microscopy of the Caenorhabditis elegans Nervous System. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 12(94) (PDF); doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2018.00094

Kaltdorf KV, Theiss M, Markert SM, Zhen M, Dandekar T, Stigloher C, Kollmannsberger P. Automated Classification of Synaptic Vesicles in Electron Tomographs of C. elegans using Machine Learning. PLoS One Computational Biology 13(10):e0205348 (PDF); doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205348

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2017

Meng J, Ma X, Tao H, Jin X, Witvliet D, Mitchell JK, Zhu M, Dong M, Zhen M, Jin Y, Qi YB. Myrf ER-Bound Transcription Factors Drive C. elegans Synaptic Plasticity via Cleavage-Dependent Nuclear Translocation. Developmental Cell  41(2):180-194 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.03.022

​Opperman KJ, Mulcahy B, Giles AC, Risley MG, Bimbaum RL, Tulgren ED, Dawson-Scully K, Zhen M, Grill B. The HECT family Ubiquitin Ligase EEL-1 Regulates Neuronal Function and Development. Cell Reports19(4): 822-835 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.04.003

Park S, Bin NR, Yu B, Wong R, Sitarska E, Sugita K, MA K, Xu J, Tien CW, Algouneh A, Turlova E, Wang S, Siriya P, Shahid W, Kalia L, Feng ZP, Monnier P, Sun HS, Zhen M, Gao S, Rizo J, Sugita S. UNC-18 and Tomosyn antagonistically control synaptic vesicle priming downstream of UNC-13 in C. elegans. J Neurosci 37(36): 8797-8815 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0338-17.2017

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2016

Ardeshiri R, Mulcahy B, Zhen M, Rezai P. A hybrid microfluidic device for on-demand orientation and multidirectional imaging of C. elegans organs and neurons. Biomicrofluidics 10(6): 064111 (PDF); doi.org/10.1063/1.4971157

Lim MA, Chitturi J, Laskova V, Meng J, Findeis D, Wiekenbert A, Mulcahy B, Luo L, Li Y, Lu Y, Hung W, Qu Y, Ho C, Holmyard D, Ji N, McWhirter R, Samuel ADT, Miller DM, Schnabel R, Calarco JA, Zhen M. Neuroendocrine modulation sustains the C. elegans forward motor state. eLife 2016;5:e19887 (PDF); doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19887

Venkatachalam V, Ji N, Wang X, Clark C, Mitchell JK, Klein M, Tabone CJ, Florman J, Ji H, Greenwood J, Chisholm AD, Srinivasan J, Alkema MJ, Zhen M, Samuel ADT. Pan-neuronal imaging in roaming Caenorhabditis elegans. PNAS 113(8): E1082-8 (PDF); doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1507109113

Markert SM, Britz S, Proppert S, Lang M, Witvliet D, Mulcahy B, Sauer M, Zhen M, Bessereau JL, Stigloher C. Filling the gap: adding super-resolution to array tomography for correlated ultrastructural and molecular identification of electrical synapses at the C. elegans connectome. Neurophotonics 3(4):041802 (PDF); doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.3.4.041802

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2015

​Murakami T, Qamar S, Lin JQ, Schierle GS, Rees E, Miyashita A, Costa AR, Dodd RB, Chan FT, Michel CH, Kronenberg-Versteeg D, Li Y, Yang SP, Wakutani Y, Meadows W, Ferry RR, Dong L, Tartaglia GG, Favrin G, Lin WL, Dickson DW, Zhen M, Ron D, Schmitt-Ulms G, Fraser P, Shneider NA, Holt C, Vendruscolo M, Kaminski CF, St George-Hyslop P. ALS/FTD Mutation-Induced Phase Transition of FUS Liquid Droplets and Reversible Hydrogels into Irreversible Hydrogels Impairs RNP Granule Function. Neuron 88(4): 678-690 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.030

Park S, Bin N, Rajah MM, Kim B, Chou T, Kang SA, Sugita K, Parsaud L, Smith M, Monnier PP, Ikura M, Zhen M, Sugita S. Conformational states of syntaxin-1 govern the necessity of N-peptide binding in exocytosis of PC12 cells and Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell 27(4): 669-685 (PDF); doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E15-09-0638

Maro GS, Gao S, Olechwier AM, Hung W, Liu M, Özkan E, Zhen M and Shen K. MADD-4/Punctin and Neurexin Organize C. elegans GABAergic Postsynapses through Neuroligin. Neuron 86(4):1420-1432 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.015

Zhen M, and Samuel ADT. C. elegans locomotion: small circuits, complex functions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 33: 117-126 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2015.03.009

Aoyagi K, Rossignol E, Hamdan FF, Mulcahy B, Xie L, Nagamatsu S, Rouleau GA, Zhen M, Michaud JL. A gain-of-function mutation in NALCN in a child with intellectual disability, ataxia, and congenital arthrogryposis. Human Mutation 36(8): 753-757 (PDF); doi.org/10.1002/humu.22797

Lant B, Yu B, Goudreault M, Holmyard D, Knight JD, Xu P, Zhao L, Chin K, Wallace E, Zhen M, Gingras AC, Derry WB. CCM-3/STRIPAK promotes seamless tube extension through endocytic recycling. Nature Communications 6: 6449 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7449

Wang J, Chitturi J, Ge Q, Laskova V, Wang W, Li X, Ding M, Zhen M, Huang X. The C. elegans COE transcription factor UNC-3 activates lineage-specific apoptosis and affects neurite growth in the RID lineage. Development 142: 1447-57 (PDF); doi.org/10.1242/dev.119479

Gao S, Xie L, Kawano T, Po MD, Pirri JK, Guan S, Alkema MJ, Zhen M. The NCA sodium leak channel is required for persistent motor circuit activity that sustains locomotion. Nature Communications 6: 6323 (PDF; supplemental); doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8191

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2014

Norris AD, Gao S, Norris ML, Ray D, Ramani AK, Fraser AG, Morris Q, Hughes TR, Zhen M, Calarco JA. A pair of RNA-binding proteins controls networks of splicing events contributing to specialization of neural cell types. Molecular Cell 54(6): 946-59 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2014.05.004

Hung W, Wang Y, Chitturi J, Zhen M. Caenorhabditis elegans developmental decision requires insulin signaling mediated neuron-intestine communication. Development 141(6): 1767-79 (PDF); doi.org/10.1242/dev.103846

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2013

Hung W, Hwang C, Gao S, Liao E, Chitturi J, Wang Y, Li H, Stigloher C, Bessereau JL, Zhen M. Attenuation of insulin signaling contributes to FSN-1-mediated regulation of synapse development. EMBO J 32(12): 1745-1760 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2013.91

Qi Y, Po MD, Mac P, Kawano T, Jorgensen E, Zhen M, Jin Y. Hyperactivation of B-type motor neurons results in aberrant synchrony of the Caenorhabditis elegans motor circuit. Journal of Neuroscience 33(12): 5319-5325 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4017-12.2013

Xie L, Gao S, Alcaire SM, Aoyagi K, Wang Y, Stagljar I, Nagamatsu S, Zhen M. NLF-1 delivers a sodium leak channel to regulate neuronal excitability and modulate rhythmic locomotion. Neuron 77(6): 1069-1082 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.01.018

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2012

Wen Q, Po MD, Wyart M, Chklovskii DB, Zhen M, Samuel ADT. Proprioceptive coupling within motor neurons drives C. elegans forward locomotion. Neuron 76(4): 750-761 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.08.039

Najarro EH, Wong L, Zhen M, Carpio EP, Goncharov A, Garriga G, Jin Y, Ackley B. Caenorhabditis elegans Flamingo Cadherin fmi-1 Regulates GABAergic Neuronal Development. Journal of Neuroscience 32(14): 4196-4211 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3094-11.2012

Po MD, Calarco JA, Zhen M. Releasing the inner inhibition for axon regeneration. Neuron 73(2): 207-209 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.01.002

Murakami T, Yang SP, Xie L, Kawano T, Fu D, Mukai A, Bohm C, Chen F, Robertson J, Suzuki H, Tartaglia GG, Vendruscolo M, Schierle GSK, Chan FT, Moloney A, Crowther D, Kaminski CF, Zhen M, St George-Hyslop P. ALS mutations in FUS causes neuronal dysfunction and death in by a dominant gain-of-function mechanism independent of TDP-43. Human Molecular Genetics 21(1): 1-9 (PDF); doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr417

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2011

Kawano T, Po MD, Gao S, Leung G, Ryu WE, Zhen M. An imbalancing act: gap junctions reduce the backward motor circuit activity to bias C. elegans for forward locomotion. Neuron 17(4): 572-587 (PDF; supplemental); doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.005

Mok CA, Healey MP, Shekhar T, Leroux MR, Héon E, Zhen M. Mutations in a guanylate cyclase GCY-35/GCY-36 modify Bardet-Biedl syndrome-associated phenotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genetics 7(10): e1002335 (PDF); doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002335

Gao S and Zhen M. Action potentials drive body wall muscle contractions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings in the National Academy of Science USA 108(6): 2557-2562 (PDF); doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012346108

Stigloher C, Zhan H, Zhen M, Richmond J, Bessereau JL. The presynaptic dense projection of the Caenorhabditis elegans cholinergic neuromuscular junction localizes synaptic vesicles at the active zone through SYD-2/liprin and UNC-10/RIM-dependent interactions. Journal of Neuroscience 31(12): 4388-4396 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6164-10.2011

Bouhours M, Po MD, Gao S, Hung W, Li H, Georgiou J, Roder JC, Zhen M. A co-operative regulation of neuronal excitability by UNC-7 innexin and NCA/NALCN leak channel. Molecular Brain 4(16) (PDF); doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-4-16

Sancar F, Touroutine D, Gao S, Oh HJ, Gendrel M, Bessereau JL, Kim H, Zhen M, Richmond JE. The dystrophin-associated protein complex maintains muscle excitability by regulating Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) (BK) channel localization. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286(38): 33501-10 (PDF); doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.227678

Calarco JA, Zhen M, Blencowe BJ. Networking in a global world: establishing functional connections between neural splicing regulators and their target transcripts. RNA 17: 775-91 (PDF); doi.org/10.1261/rna.2603911

Ramani AK, Calarco JA, Pan Q, Mavandadi S, Wang Y, Nelson AC, Lee LJ, Morris Q, Blencowe BJ, Zhen M, Fraser AG. Genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome Research 21: 342-348 (PDF); doi.org/doi/10.1101/gr.114645.110

Souza RP, Rosa DV, Romano-Silva MA, Zhen M, Meltzer HY, Lieberman JA, Remington G, Kennedy JL, Wong AH. Lack of association of NALCN genetic variants with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research 185: 450-452 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.009

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1993-2010

Kim JS, Hung W, Narbonne P, Roy R, Zhen M. (2010). C. elegans STRADalpha and SAD cooperatively regulate neuronal polarity and synaptic organization. Development 137: 93-102 (PDF); doi.org/10.1242/dev.041459

Po M, Hwang C, Zhen M. (2010). PHRs: bridging axon guidance, outgrowth and synapse development. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 20: 100-107 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2009.12.007

Kim JSM, Hung W, Zhen M. (2010). The long and the short of SAD-1 kinase. Communicative and Integrative Biology 3(3): 1-5 (PDF); doi.org/10.4161/cib.3.3.11455

Mok C, Heon E, Zhen M. (2010). Ciliary dysfunction and obesity. Clinical Genetics 77: 18-27 (PDF); doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01305.x

Yeh E, Kawano T, Ng S, Fetter R, Hung W, Wang Y, Zhen M. (2009). Caenorhabditis elegans innexins regulate active zone differentiation. Journal of Neuroscience 29(16): 5207-17 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0637-09.2009

Calarco JA, Superina S, O’Hanlon D, Gabut M, Raj B, Pan Q, Skalska U, Clarke L, Gelinas D, van der Kooy D, Zhen M, Ciruna B, Blencowe BJ. (2009). Regulation of vertebrate nervous system alternative splicing and development by an SR-related protein. Cell 138: 1-13 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.012

Yeh E, Ng S, Zhang M, Bouhours M, Wang Y, Wang M, Hung W, Aoyagi K, Melnik-Martinez K, Li M, Liu F, Schafer WR, Zhen M. (2008). A putative cation channel, NCA-1, and a novel protein, UNC-80, transmit neuronal activity in C. elegans. PLoS Biology 6(3): e55 (PDF); 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060055

Liewald JF1, Brauner M, Stephens GJ, Bouhours M, Schultheis C, Zhen M, Gottschalk A. (2008). Optogenetic analysis of synaptic function. Nature Methods 5(10): 895-902 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/NMETH.1252

Kim JS, Lilley BN, Zhang C, Shokat KM, Sanes JR, Zhen M. (2008). A chemical-genetic strategy reveals distinct temporal requirements for SAD-1 kinase in neuronal polarization and synapse formation. Neural Development 3(23) (PDF); doi.org/10.1186/1749-8104-3-23

Li C, Inglis PN, Leitch CC, Efimenko E, Zaghloul NA, Mok CA, Davis EE, Bialas NJ, Healey MP, Héon E, Zhen M, Swoboda P, Katsanis N, Leroux MR. (2008). An essential role for DYF-11/MIP-T3 in assembling functional intraflagellar transport complexes. PLoS Genetics 4(3): e1000044 (PDF); doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000044

Gao MX, Liao EH, Yu B, Wang Y, Zhen M, Derry WB. (2008). The SCF FSN-1 ubiquitin ligase controls germline apoptosis through CEP-1/p53 in C. elegans. Cell Death and Differentiation 15: 1054-1062 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2008.30

Wang W, Bouhours M, Gracheva EO, Liao EH, Xu K, Sengar AS, Xin X, Roder J, Boone C, Richmond JE, Zhen M, Egan SE. (2008). ITSN-1 controls vesicle recycling at the neuromuscular junction and functions in parallel with DAB-1. Traffic 9: 742–754 (PDF); doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00712.x

Kim JS and Zhen M. (2008). Protons as intracellular messengers. Cell 132: 21-22 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2007.12.020

Kim JS and Zhen M. (2008). Neuronal polarity. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Springer-Verlag. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_3921

Hung W, Hwang C, Po MD, Zhen M. (2007). Neuronal polarity is regulated by a direct interaction between a scaffolding protein, Neurabin, and a presynaptic SAD-1 kinase in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Development 134: 237-249 (PDF); doi.org/10.1242/dev.02725

Patel MR, Lehrman EK, Poon VY, Crump JG, Zhen M, Bargmann CI, Shen K. (2006). Hierarchical assembly of presynaptic components in defined C. elegans synapses. Nature Neuroscience 9(12): 1488-1498 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/nn1806

Wang Y, Gracheva EO, Richmond J, Kawano T, Couto JM, Calarco JA, Vijayaratnam V, Jin Y, Zhen M. (2006). The C2H2 zinc-finger protein SYD-9 is a putative posttranscriptional regulator for synaptic transmission. Proceedings in the National Academy of Science USA 103(27): 10450-10455 (PDF); doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0602073103

Zhen M. (2006). Presynaptic terminal differentiation. Protein trafficking in neurons. (A.J. Bean, Ed.) London: Elsevier Academic Press. Page 75-96. doi.org/10.1016/B978-012369437-9/50008-6

Yeh E, Kawano T, Weimer R, Bessereau JL, Zhen M. (2005). Identification of genes involved in synaptogenesis using a fluorescent active zone marker in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neuroscience 25(15): 3833-3841 (PDF); doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4978-04.2005

Liao EH, Hung W, Abrams B, Zhen M. (2004). An SCF-like ubiquitin ligase complex that controls presynaptic differentiation. Nature 430: 345-350 (PDF); doi.org/10.1038/nature02647

Zhen M and Jin Y. (2004). Presynaptic terminal differentiation: transport and assembly. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 14: 280-287 (PDF); doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2004.05.013

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