PUBLICATIONS

  1. Turgeon A, Fu J, Divyanshi, Ma M, Jin Z, Hwang H, Li M, Qiao H, Mei W, Yang J. Dzip1 is dynamically expressed in the vertebrate germline and regulates the development of Xenopus primordial germ cells. Developmental Biology. 2024 Jun 14; doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.06.003
  2. Hwang H, Ma M, Yang J. A fractionation-based protocol to investigate RNA solubility phase transition during Xenopus oocyte maturation. STAR Protocols. 2024 Jan 9; doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102830
  3. Divyanshi, & Yang, J. Germ plasm dynamics during oogenesis and early embryonic development in Xenopus and zebrafish. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 2023; 1–14 doi:10.1002/mrd.23718
  4. Hwang H, Chen S, Ma M, Divyanshi, Fan HC, Borwick E, Elvan Böke, Mei W, Yang J. Solubility phase transition of maternal RNAs during vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition. Developmental Cell. 2023 Nov 2; doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2023.10.005
  5. Hwang H, Yun S, Arcanjo RB, Divyanshi, Chen S, Mei W, Nowak RA, Kwon T, Yang J. Regulation of RNA localization during oocyte maturation by dynamic RNA-ER association and remodeling of the ER. Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 13; doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111802. PubMed PMID: 36516762
  6. Fan H, Barnes C, Hwang H, Zhang K, Yang J. Precise modulation of embryonic development through optogenetics. Genesis. 2022 Dec 7; doi: 10.1002/dvg.23505. PubMed PMID: 36478118.
  7. Krishnamurthy VV, Hwang H, Fu J, Yang J, Zhang K. Optogenetic Control of the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway During Xenopus laevis Embryonic Development. J Mol Biol. 2021 Sep 3; doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167050. PubMed PMID: 34019868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8380706.
  8. Skeeters SS, Rosu AC, Divyanshi, Yang J, Zhang K. Comparative Determination of Cytotoxicity of Sub-10 nm Copper Nanoparticles to Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Systems. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Nov 11; doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c11052. PubMedPMID: 33124795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7764564.
  9. Krishnamurthy VV, Fu J, Oh TJ, Khamo J, Yang J, Zhang K. A Generalizable Optogenetic Strategy to Regulate Receptor Tyrosine Kinases during Vertebrate Embryonic Development. J Mol Biol. 2020 May 1; doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.032. PubMed PMID: 32277988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7254881.
  10. Esmaeili M, Blythe SA, Tobias JW, Zhang K, Yang J, Klein S. Chromatin accessibility and histone acetylation in the regulation of competence in early development. Dev Biol. 2020 Jun 1; doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.02.013. PubMed PMID: 32119833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7225061.
  11. Mondal P, Krishnamurthy VV, Sharum SR, Haack N, Zhou H, Cheng J, Yang J, Zhang K. Repurposing Protein Degradation for Optogenetic Modulation of Protein Activities. ACS Synth Biol. 2019 Oct 21; doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00285. PubMed PMID: 31600062; NIHMSID:NIHMS1058529.
  12. Saha-Shah A, Esmaeili M, Sidoli S, Hwang H, Yang J, Klein PS, Garcia BA. Single Cell Proteomics by Data-Independent Acquisition To Study Embryonic Asymmetry in Xenopus laevis. Anal Chem. 2019 Jul 16;91(14):8891-8899. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00327. Epub 2019 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 31194517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6688503.
  13. Hwang H, Jin Z, Krishnamurthy VV, Saha A, Klein PS, Garcia B, Mei W, King ML, Zhang K, Yang J. Novel functions of the ubiquitin-independent proteasome system in regulating Xenopus germline development. Development. 2019 Apr 23;146(8). doi: 10.1242/dev.172700. PubMed PMID: 30910828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6503979.
  14. Aguero T, Jin Z, Owens D, Malhotra A, Newman K, Yang J, King ML. Combined functions of two RRMs in Dead-end1 mimic helicase activity to promote nanos1 translation in the germline. Mol Reprod Dev. 2018 Dec;85(12):896-908. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23062. Epub 2018 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 30230100; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6294668.
  15. Tang J, Zhou H, Sahay K, Xu W, Yang J, Zhang W, Chen W. Obesity-associated family with sequence similarity 13, member A (FAM13A) is dispensable for adipose development and insulin sensitivity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Oct 9;. doi: 10.1038/s41366-018-0222-y. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30301961; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6456441.
  16. Aguero T, Jin Z, Chorghade S, Kalsotra A, King ML, Yang J. Maternal Dead-end 1 promotes translation of nanos1 by binding the eIF3 complex. Development. 2017 Oct 15;144(20):3755-3765. doi: 10.1242/dev.152611. Epub 2017 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 28870987; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5675448.
  17. Chorghade S, Seimetz J, Emmons R, Yang J, Bresson SM, Lisio M, Parise G, Conrad NK, Kalsotra A. Poly(A) tail length regulates PABPC1 expression to tune translation in the heart. Elife. 2017 Jun 27;6. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24139. PubMed PMID: 28653618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5487213.
  18. Krishnamurthy VV, Turgeon AJ, Khamo JS, Mondal P, Sharum SR, Mei W, Yang J, Zhang K. Light-mediated Reversible Modulation of the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway during Cell Differentiation and Xenopus Embryonic Development. J Vis Exp. 2017 Jun 15;(124). doi: 10.3791/55823. PubMed PMID: 28654043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5608446.
  19. Jin Z, Liang F, Yang J, Mei W. hnRNP I regulates neonatal immune adaptation and prevents colitis and colorectal cancer. PLoS Genet. 2017 Mar;13(3):e1006672. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006672. eCollection 2017 Mar. PubMed PMID: 28296893; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5371387.
  20. Vinyoles M, Del Valle-Pérez B, Curto J, Padilla M, Villarroel A, Yang J, de Herreros AG, Duñach M. Activation of CK1ɛ by PP2A/PR61ɛ is required for the initiation of Wnt signaling. Oncogene. 2017 Jan 19;36(3):429-438. doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.209. Epub 2016 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 27321178; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5173447.
  21. Jin Z, Schwend T, Fu J, Bao Z, Liang J, Zhao H, Mei W, Yang J. Members of the Rusc protein family interact with Sufu and inhibit vertebrate Hedgehog signaling. Development. 2016 Nov 1;143(21):3944-3955. doi: 10.1242/dev.138917. Epub 2016 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 27633991; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5117142.
  22. Krishnamurthy VV, Khamo JS, Mei W, Turgeon AJ, Ashraf HM, Mondal P, Patel DB, Risner N, Cho EE, Yang J, Zhang K. Reversible optogenetic control of kinase activity during differentiation and embryonic development. Development. 2016 Nov 1;143(21):4085-4094. doi: 10.1242/dev.140889. Epub 2016 Oct 3. PubMed PMID: 27697903; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5117147.
  23. Yang J, Aguero T, King ML. The Xenopus Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition from the Perspective of the Germline. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2015;113:271-303. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.07.021. Epub 2015 Aug 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 26358876; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4678961.
  24. Jin Z, Chung JW, Mei W, Strack S, He C, Lau GW, Yang J. Regulation of nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling and function of Family with sequence similarity 13, member A (Fam13a), by B56-containing PP2As and Akt. Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Mar 15;26(6):1160-73. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E14-08-1276. Epub 2015 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 25609086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4357514.
  25. Schwend T, Jin Z, Jiang K, Mitchell BJ, Jia J, Yang J. Stabilization of speckle-type POZ protein (Spop) by Daz interacting protein 1 (Dzip1) is essential for Gli turnover and the proper output of Hedgehog signaling. J Biol Chem. 2013 Nov 8;288(45):32809-20. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.512962. Epub 2013 Sep 26. PubMed PMID: 24072710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3820914.
  26. Mei W, Jin Z, Lai F, Schwend T, Houston DW, King ML, Yang J. Maternal Dead-End1 is required for vegetal cortical microtubule assembly during Xenopus axis specification. Development. 2013 Jun;140(11):2334-44. doi: 10.1242/dev.094748. Epub 2013 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 23615278; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3653556.
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