2022
Integrative genome-wide analysis reveals EIF3A as a key downstream regulator of translational repressor protein Musashi 2 (MSI2)
Karmakar S, Ramirez O, Paul KV, Gupta AK, Kumari V, Botti V, de los Mozos IR, Neuenkirchen N, Ross RJ, Karanicolas J, Neugebauer KM, Pillai MM. Integrative genome-wide analysis reveals EIF3A as a key downstream regulator of translational repressor protein Musashi 2 (MSI2). NAR Cancer 2022, 4: zcac015. PMID: 35528200, PMCID: PMC9070473, DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcac015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA binding proteinMusashi-2Functional targetIntegrative genome-wide analysisGenome-wide analysisIndividual-nucleotide resolutionAsymmetric cell divisionCell fate decisionsThousands of mRNAsKey downstream regulatorProtein Musashi-2Polysome profilingFate decisionsEukaryotic translation initiation factor 3aNucleotide resolutionCell divisionDirect RNATranslational inductionCancer stem cellsDownstream regulatorsUntranslated regionIndirect targetsBinding proteinDirect targetMere binding
2020
Contribution of increasing plasma membrane to the energetic cost of early zebrafish embryogenesis
Rodenfels J, Sartori P, Golfier S, Nagendra K, Neugebauer K, Howard J. Contribution of increasing plasma membrane to the energetic cost of early zebrafish embryogenesis. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2020, 31: 520-526. PMID: 32049586, PMCID: PMC7202076, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-09-0529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneEarly zebrafish embryogenesisEnergetic costSpecific developmental eventsTotal plasma membraneCell proliferationTwo-cell stageZebra fish embryosZebrafish embryogenesisTotal cell surface areaDNA replicationCell divisionEarly embryosDevelopmental eventsCleavage divisionsCell surface areaTotal cell numberCleavage stagesEmbryo volumeEmbryosCell numberMembraneTotal energy budgetProliferationEmbryogenesis
2014
The Earliest Transcribed Zygotic Genes Are Short, Newly Evolved, and Different across Species
Heyn P, Kircher M, Dahl A, Kelso J, Tomancak P, Kalinka AT, Neugebauer KM. The Earliest Transcribed Zygotic Genes Are Short, Newly Evolved, and Different across Species. Cell Reports 2014, 6: 285-292. PMID: 24440719, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.12.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic genome activationZygotic genesEarly zygotic transcriptsOne-cell stageSignificant transcriptional activityRapid cell divisionComparison of fishGenome activationMitochondrial genomePurification of RNAZygotic controlEvolutionary plasticityMulticellular organismsNuclear genesZygotic transcriptsEarly embryogenesisShort genesDanio rerioAdaptive potentialCell divisionTranscriptional activityMetabolic labelingCell cycleEarly genesGenes
2010
Dynamic control of Cajal body number during zebrafish embryogenesis
Strzelecka M, Oates AC, Neugebauer KM. Dynamic control of Cajal body number during zebrafish embryogenesis. Nucleus 2010, 1: 96-108. PMID: 21327108, PMCID: PMC3035118, DOI: 10.4161/nucl.1.1.10680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCajal bodiesEnd processing factorsGene expressionZygotic genome activationZygotic gene expressionRNA processing machineryDistinct nuclear bodiesMRNA splicing machineryCajal body numberLive-cell imagingCB numberHours of developmentGenome activationZebrafish embryogenesisNuclear subcompartmentsSnRNP biogenesisSplicing machineryZebrafish embryosCell divisionNuclear bodiesCB assemblyEmbryonic cellsMaternal contributionProcessing machineryEmbryos