2013
Forward genetics defines Xylt1 as a key, conserved regulator of early chondrocyte maturation and skeletal length
Mis EK, Liem KF, Kong Y, Schwartz NB, Domowicz M, Weatherbee SD. Forward genetics defines Xylt1 as a key, conserved regulator of early chondrocyte maturation and skeletal length. Developmental Biology 2013, 385: 67-82. PMID: 24161523, PMCID: PMC3895954, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.10.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBone and BonesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationChondrocytesDwarfismFibroblast Growth FactorsHedgehog ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMutation, MissenseOsteogenesisParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinPentosyltransferasesSequence Analysis, DNASignal TransductionConceptsChondrocyte maturationCartilage templateN-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis screenSkeletal precursor cellsWild-type embryosHigh-throughput sequencingHuman birth defectsProteoglycan core proteinMutagenesis screenSequence captureVertebrate bodySubcellular localizationProteoglycan functionCoordinated processMouse mutantsMutantsAbnormal bone developmentMissense mutationsCore proteinBone developmentSkeletal elementsPrecursor cellsDwarfismMaturationGAG chains
2012
Forward genetics uncovers Transmembrane protein 107 as a novel factor required for ciliogenesis and Sonic hedgehog signaling
Christopher KJ, Wang B, Kong Y, Weatherbee SD. Forward genetics uncovers Transmembrane protein 107 as a novel factor required for ciliogenesis and Sonic hedgehog signaling. Developmental Biology 2012, 368: 382-392. PMID: 22698544, PMCID: PMC3402655, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBody PatterningCells, CulturedCiliaEmbryo, MammalianExtremitiesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHedgehog ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMolecular Sequence DataMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural TubeSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionZinc Finger Protein Gli2Zinc Finger Protein Gli3ConceptsCilia formationDistinct tissuesLeft-right patterning defectsForward genetic approachDevelopmental patterning eventsLeft-right specificationShh target genesNovel mutant allelesSonic hedgehog (Shh) signalingNeuronal cell typesEmbryonic patterningMutant phenotypeCilia mutantsDynamic organellesGli activatorPatterning defectsPatterning eventsRepressor formCilia biogenesisUnknown regulatorCilia formGenetic approachesSkeletal formationTarget genesTmem107
2003
A Protein Interaction Map of Drosophila melanogaster
Giot L, Bader JS, Brouwer C, Chaudhuri A, Kuang B, Li Y, Hao YL, Ooi CE, Godwin B, Vitols E, Vijayadamodar G, Pochart P, Machineni H, Welsh M, Kong Y, Zerhusen B, Malcolm R, Varrone Z, Collis A, Minto M, Burgess S, McDaniel L, Stimpson E, Spriggs F, Williams J, Neurath K, Ioime N, Agee M, Voss E, Furtak K, Renzulli R, Aanensen N, Carrolla S, Bickelhaupt E, Lazovatsky Y, DaSilva A, Zhong J, Stanyon CA, Finley RL, White KP, Braverman M, Jarvie T, Gold S, Leach M, Knight J, Shimkets RA, McKenna MP, Chant J, Rothberg JM. A Protein Interaction Map of Drosophila melanogaster. Science 2003, 302: 1727-1736. PMID: 14605208, DOI: 10.1126/science.1090289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalciumCell CycleCell DifferentiationCloning, MolecularComputational BiologyDNA, ComplementaryDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsErbB ReceptorsGenes, InsectImmunity, InnateMathematicsModels, StatisticalPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebrateProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingProteomeRNA SplicingRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionTranscription, GeneticTwo-Hybrid System TechniquesConceptsProtein interaction mapsDrosophila melanogasterDraft mapComplementary DNA librarySystems biology modelingHigh-confidence mapMulticellular organismsFly proteomeMultiprotein complexesDNA libraryInteraction mapPathway componentsLevels of organizationKnown pathwaysExtended pathwaysHuman biologyMelanogasterModel systemProteinPathwayProteomeComputational methodsTranscriptsOrganismsBiology