2005
A role for myosin VI in postsynaptic structure and glutamate receptor endocytosis
Osterweil E, Wells D, Mooseker M. A role for myosin VI in postsynaptic structure and glutamate receptor endocytosis. Journal Of Cell Biology 2005, 168: 329-338. PMID: 15657400, PMCID: PMC2171578, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200410091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Protein Complex 2Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdenosine TriphosphateAlpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic AcidAnimalsAstrocytesBrainBrain ChemistryDendritesDendritic SpinesDiscs Large Homolog 1 ProteinDyneinsEndocytosisFemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGuanylate KinasesInsulinMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMicrofilament ProteinsMicroscopy, ElectronMyosin Heavy ChainsMyosin VIIaMyosinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, GlutamateSucroseSynapsesSynaptic MembranesSynaptosomesTransferrinConceptsHippocampal neuronsDendritic spinesIsoxazole propionic acid-type glutamate receptorsWild-type hippocampal neuronsShort dendritic spinesNumber of synapsesSynapse lossNeurons displaySynapse numberGlutamate receptorsNervous systemNonneuronal cellsPostsynaptic structuresSynaptic structurePostsynaptic densityDominant negative disruptionSignificant deficitsAstrogliosisNeuronsBrainMYO6SpineSynapsesReceptor endocytosisMyosin VI
2000
The mouse neurological mutant flailer expresses a novel hybrid gene derived by exon shuffling between Gnb5 and Myo5a
Jones J, Huang J, Mermall V, Hamilton B, Mooseker M, Escayg A, Copeland N, Jenkins N, Meisler M. The mouse neurological mutant flailer expresses a novel hybrid gene derived by exon shuffling between Gnb5 and Myo5a. Human Molecular Genetics 2000, 9: 821-828. PMID: 10749990, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.5.821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainDNA, ComplementaryExonsFungal ProteinsGene DosageGenes, RecessiveGTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsIntronsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMicroscopy, ElectronMolecular Sequence DataMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsMyosin Type IMyosinsPurkinje CellsRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsConceptsN-terminal 83 amino acidsAmino acidsWild-type proteinGlobular tail domainNon-homologous recombinationSmooth endoplasmic reticulum vesiclesNovel hybrid geneDominant-negative mechanismExon shufflingChromosomal arrangementsMammalian mutationsNew genesNovel genesUnrelated genesEndoplasmic reticulum vesiclesTail domainHybrid geneMutational mechanismsTerminal exonIntracellular transportGenetic studiesGenesExonsProteinGNB5
1998
Molecular Genetic Dissection of Mouse Unconventional Myosin-VA: Tail Region Mutations
Huang J, Mermall V, Strobel M, Russell L, Mooseker M, Copeland N, Jenkins N. Molecular Genetic Dissection of Mouse Unconventional Myosin-VA: Tail Region Mutations. Genetics 1998, 148: 1963-1972. PMID: 9560409, PMCID: PMC1460104, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/148.4.1963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyosin VaMolecular genetic dissectionMammalian myosinGenetic dissectionProper foldingTail mutationsAlternative splicingColor locusDilute allelesSequencing approachSpecific functionsMutationsTail functionRegion mutationsFirst extensive collectionRT-PCRExtensive collectionSplicingLociTailFoldingIsoformsAllelesCargoSequence
1996
Mapping of Unconventional Myosins in Mouse and Human
Hasson T, Skowron J, Gilbert D, Avraham K, Perry W, Bement W, Anderson B, Sherr E, Chen Z, Greene L, Ward D, Corey D, Mooseker M, Copeland N, Jenkins N. Mapping of Unconventional Myosins in Mouse and Human. Genomics 1996, 36: 431-439. PMID: 8884266, DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromosome MappingFemaleHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular Sequence DataMyosins
1995
The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells
Avraham K, Hasson T, Steel K, Kingsley D, Russell L, Mooseker M, Copeland N, Jenkins N. The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells. Nature Genetics 1995, 11: 369-375. PMID: 7493015, DOI: 10.1038/ng1295-369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromosome InversionCloning, MolecularDeafnessDNA Mutational AnalysisGenes, RecessiveHair Cells, Auditory, InnerHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular Sequence DataMyosin Heavy ChainsOrgan of CortiRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerSequence DeletionConceptsMyosin VIUnconventional myosin heavy chainPositional cloning approachInner ear hair cellsHuman deafness disordersExcellent model systemEar hair cellsSensory hair cellsHair cellsDeafness disordersCloning approachUnconventional myosinDeafness mutationsDeafness mutantsDeafness genesMyosin heavy chainGenesGenetic deafnessModel systemHeavy chainStructural integrityWaltzerInner earCellsMutants