The Maduro lab studies the specification of cell fates in the C. elegans embryo, and how the gene networks that underlie this process have changed over the course of evolution.

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~mmaduro

Mutations in two independent pathways are sufficient to create hermaphroditic nematodes. Baldi C, Cho S, Ellis RE Science 2009 Nov 13 326(5955):1002-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | David Fitch / Morris Maduro Evaluated 11 Dec 2009 xol-1, the master sex-switch gene in C. elegans, is a transcriptional target of the terminal sex-determining factor TRA-1. Hargitai B, Kutnyánszky V, …, Takács-Vellai K, Vellai T Development 2009 Dec 136(23):3881-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 25 Nov 2009 A transcription elongation factor that links signals from the reproductive system to lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ghazi A, Henis-Korenblit S, Kenyon C PLoS Genet 2009 Sep 5(9):e1000639 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Jennifer Tullet and David Gems Evaluated 17 Sep 2009 Embryogenesis of Romanomermis culicivorax: An alternative way to construct a nematode. Schulze J, Schierenberg E Dev Biol 2009 Jun 11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 18 Aug 2009 RNA Pol II Accumulates at Promoters of Growth Genes During Developmental Arrest. Baugh LR, Demodena J, Sternberg PW Science 2009 Feb 26 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 3 Apr 2009 Apoptosis maintains oocyte quality in aging Caenorhabditis elegans females. Andux S, Ellis RE PLoS Genet 2008 Dec 4(12):e1000295 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Helen Chamberlin / Morris Maduro Evaluated 3 Feb 2009 Automated screening for mutants affecting dopaminergic-neuron specification in C. elegans. Doitsidou M, Flames N, …, Boyanov A, Hobert O Nat Methods 2008 Oct 5(10):869-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 21 Oct 2008 A novel biochemical method to identify target genes of individual microRNAs: Identification of a new Caenorhabditis elegans let-7 target. Andachi Y RNA 2008 Sep 29 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 9 Oct 2008 Automated analysis of embryonic gene expression with cellular resolution in C. elegans. Murray JI, Bao Z, …, Sandel MJ, Waterston RH Nat Methods 2008 Aug 5(8):703-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 11 Sep 2008 dmd-3, a doublesex-related gene regulated by tra-1, governs sex-specific morphogenesis in C. elegans. Mason DA, Rabinowitz JS, Portman DS Development 2008 Jun 11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | Helen Chamberlin / Morris Maduro Evaluated 19 Jun 2008 Notch signaling and morphogenesis of single-cell tubes in the C. elegans digestive tract. Rasmussen JP, English K, Tenlen JR, Priess JR Dev Cell 2008 Apr 14(4):559-69 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Michel Labouesse / Robert K Herman / Benjamin Podbilewicz / Morris Maduro Evaluated 2 May 2008 A Caenorhabditis elegans model for epithelial-neuronal transdifferentiation. Jarriault S, Schwab Y, Greenwald I Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Feb 28 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] Selected by | David Sherwood / Morris Maduro Evaluated 5 Mar 2008 Comparative analysis of embryonic cell lineage between Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis elegans. Zhao Z, Boyle TJ, …, Mericle B, Waterston RH Dev Biol 2008 Feb 1 314(1):93-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 7 Feb 2008 Indirect effects of ploidy suggest x chromosome dose, not the x:a ratio, signals sex in Drosophila. Erickson JW, Quintero JJ PLoS Biol 2007 Dec 5(12):e332 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 9 Jan 2008 A unique DNA binding domain converts T-cell factors into strong Wnt effectors. Atcha FA, Syed A, …, Marsh JL, Waterman ML Mol Cell Biol 2007 Dec 27(23):8352-63 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 15 Oct 2007 Caenorhabditis elegans SID-2 is required for environmental RNA interference. Winston WM, Sutherlin M, …, Feinberg EH, Hunter CP Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jun 19 104(25):10565-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Robert K Herman Evaluated 22 Jun 2007 Reciprocal asymmetry of SYS-1/beta-catenin and POP-1/TCF controls asymmetric divisions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Phillips BT, Kidd AR, …, Hardin J, Kimble J Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Feb 27 104(9):3231-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 20 Feb 2007 Cryptic quantitative evolution of the vulva intercellular signaling network in Caenorhabditis. Félix MA Curr Biol 2007 Jan 23 17(2):103-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro / David Fitch Evaluated 5 Feb 2007 Induction and repair of zinc-finger nuclease-targeted double-strand breaks in Caenorhabditis elegans somatic cells. Morton J, Davis MW, Jorgensen EM, Carroll D Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Oct 31 103(44):16370-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 1 Nov 2006 Wnt/Frizzled signaling controls C. elegans gastrulation by activating actomyosin contractility. Lee JY, Marston DJ, …, Halberstadt A, Goldstein B Curr Biol 2006 Oct 24 16(20):1986-97 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Michel Labouesse / Morris Maduro / Christopher Chen Evaluated 1 Nov 2006 A differential cytolocalization assay for analysis of macromolecular assemblies in the eukaryotic cytoplasm. Blanchard D, Hutter H, Fleenor J, Fire A Mol Cell Proteomics 2006 Nov 5(11):2175-84 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 30 Aug 2006 Extensive low-affinity transcriptional interactions in the yeast genome. Tanay A Genome Res 2006 Aug 16(8):962-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Jason Lieb Evaluated 20 Jul 2006 Heading in a new direction: implications of the revised fate map for understanding Xenopus laevis development. Lane MC, Sheets MD Dev Biol 2006 Aug 1 296(1):12-28 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 26 Jun 2006 SynMuv genes redundantly inhibit lin-3/EGF expression to prevent inappropriate vulval induction in C. elegans. Cui M, Chen J, …, Greenwald I, Han M Dev Cell 2006 May 10(5):667-72 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Robert K Herman / Benjamin Podbilewicz / Linda Huang Evaluated 11 May 2006 Global cell sorting in the C. elegans embryo defines a new mechanism for pattern formation. Schnabel R, Bischoff M, …, Meinhardt H, Hutter H Dev Biol 2006 Jun 15 294(2):418-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Oliver Hobert / Robert K Herman Evaluated 28 Apr 2006 Genetic flexibility in the convergent evolution of hermaphroditism in Caenorhabditis nematodes. Hill RC, de Carvalho CE, …, Pilgrim D, Haag ES Dev Cell 2006 Apr 10(4):531-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Helen Chamberlin / David Fitch / Artyom Kopp Evaluated 10 Apr 2006 Phylogenetic fate mapping. Salipante SJ, Horwitz MS Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Apr 4 103(14):5448-53 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Morris Maduro / Artyom Kopp Evaluated 3 Apr 2006 Vg 1 is an essential signaling molecule in Xenopus development. Birsoy B, Kofron M, …, Wylie C, Heasman J Development 2006 Jan 133(1):15-20 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | David Kimelman / Claudio Stern / Morris Maduro Evaluated 30 Mar 2006 Translational regulators maintain totipotency in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. Ciosk R, DePalma M, Priess JR Science 2006 Feb 10 311(5762):851-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Jane Hubbard / Sander van den Heuvel / Susan Mango / Nicola Gray / Erez Raz / Morris Maduro / Nektarios Tavernarakis Evaluated 29 Mar 2006 Rolling circle amplification of complete nematode mitochondrial genomes. Tang S, Hyman BC J Nematol 2005 Jun 37(2):236-41 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article] Selected by | Morris Maduro Evaluated 29 Mar 2006

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