2012 publication highlights
Selected publications for 2012, alphabetically by first author.
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Avery, M., Rooney, T.M., Pandya, J.D., Wishart, T.M., Gillingwater, T.H., Geddes, J.W., Sullivan, P. & Freeman, M.R. (2012). WldS prevents axon degeneration through increased mitochondrial flux and enhanced mitochondrial Ca2+ buffering. Current Biology 22: 596-600.
Bilican, B., A. Serio, S.J. Barmad, A.L. Nishimura, G,J. Sullivan, M, Carrasco, H.P. Phatnani, C.A. Puddifoot, D. Story, J. Fletcher, I.-H. Park, B.A. Friedman, G.Q. Daley, D.J.A. Wyllie, G.E. Hardingham, I. Wilmut, S. Finkbeiner, T. Maniatis, C.E. Shaw and S. Chandrana, (2012). Mutant induced pluripotent stem cell lines recapitulate aspects of TDP-43 proteinopathies and reveal cell-specific vulnerability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(15): 5803-5808.
Cheung, G. and M.A. Cousin (2012). Adaptor Protein Complexes 1 and 3 Are Essential for Generation of Synaptic Vesicles from Activity-Dependent Bulk Endosomes. Journal of Neuroscience 32(17): 6014-6023
Jeffries, O., L. J. Tian, H. McClafferty and M. J. Shipston (2012). "An Electrostatic Switch Controls Palmitoylation of the Large Conductance Voltage- and Calcium-activated Potassium (BK) Channel." Journal of Biological Chemistry 287(2): 1468-1477
MacGregor, D. J. and G. Leng (2012). "Phasic Firing in Vasopressin Cells: Understanding Its Functional Significance through Computational Models." Plos Computational Biology 8(10).
Martel, M.A., T.J. Ryan, K.F. Bell, J.H. Fowler, A. McMahon, B. Al-Mubarak, N.H. Komiyama, K.Horsburgh, P.C. Kind, S.G. Grant, D.J. Wyllie and G.E. Hardingham. (2012). The Subtype of GluN2 C-terminal Domain Determines the Response to Excitotoxic Insults. Neuron 74(3): 543-556.
McMahon, A.C., Barnett, M.W., O'Leary, T.S., Stoney, P.N., Collins, M.O., Papadia, S., Choudhary, J.S., Komiyama, N.H., Grant, S.G.N., Hardingham, G.E., Wyllie, D.J.A. and Kind, P.C. (2012) SynGAP isoforms exert opposing effects on synaptic strength. Nature Communications 3.
Newton, F.G., zur Lage, P.I., Karak, S., Moore, D.J., Gopfert, M.C. and Jarman, A.P. (2012) Forkhead Transcription Factor Fd3F Cooperates with Rfx to Regulate a Gene Expression Program for Mechanosensory Cilia Specialization. Developmental Cell 22:1221-1233.
Puddifoot, C., M.A. Martel, F.X. Soriano, A. Camacho, A. Vidal-Puig, D.J.A. Wyllie and G.E. Hardingham. (2012). PGC-1 alpha Negatively Regulates Extrasynaptic NMDAR Activity and Excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience 32(20): 6995-7000.
Quana, A; Xue, J; Wielens, J; Smillie, KJ; Anggono, V; Parker, MW; Cousin, MA; Graham, ME; Robinson, PJ (2012). "Phosphorylation of syndapin I F-BAR domain at two helix-capping motifs regulates membrane tubulation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(10): 3760-3765.
Tian, L.J., H. McClafferty, H.-G. Knaus, P. Ruth and M.J. Shipston. (2012). Distinct Acyl Protein Transferases and Thioesterases Control Surface Expression of Calcium-activated Potassium Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287(18): 14718-14725.
Till, S.M., Wijetunge, L.S., Seidel, V.G., Harlow, E., Wright, A.K., Bagni, C., Contractor, A., Gillingwater, T.H. and Kind, P.C. (2012). Altered maturation of the primary somatosensory cortex in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 21(10): 2143-2156.
Turban, S., Liu, X., Ramage, L., Webster, S.P., Walker, B.R., Dunbar, D.R., Mullins, J.J., Seckl, J.R., Morton, N.M. (2012). "Optimal Elevation of beta-Cell 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Is a Compensatory Mechanism that Prevents High-Fat Diet Induced beta-Cell Failure." Diabetes 61(3): 642-652.