2014
Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl
Schneider ER, Mastrotto M, Laursen WJ, Schulz VP, Goodman JB, Funk OH, Gallagher PG, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 14941-14946. PMID: 25246547, PMCID: PMC4205607, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413656111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrigeminal ganglionIon channel Piezo2Light mechanical stimuliMechanoreceptive neuronsTG neuronsPrimary afferentsMechanical stimuliTrigeminal afferentsNeuronal excitationEnd organsNeuronal mechanismsDirect mechanical stimulationCellular mechanismsMechanical stimulationAfferentsNeuronsLow thresholdNumerical expansionGangliaStimuli
1999
A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*
Gallagher P, Sabatino D, Romana M, Cline A, Garrett L, Bodine D, Forget B. A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 6062-6073. PMID: 10037687, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin geneGene promoterHigh-level expressionGATA-1Regulatory elementsReporter geneErythroid tissuesPromoter/reporter plasmidsGel mobility shift assaysLevel expressionGATA-1 motifsFull promoter activityTissue-specific expressionMobility shift assaysAdditional regulatory elementsErythrocyte membrane proteinsHuman tissue culture cell linesTissue culture cell linesErythroid promoterMembrane proteinsShift assaysBeta spectrinHeterologous cellsCell shapeDNase I