Publications

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Key Publications

Gordon, L.R., Gribble, K.D., Syrette, C. M. & Granato, M. 2012 . Initiation of synapse formation by Wnt-induced unplugged/MuSK endocytosis. Development, in press.

Jain, R.A., Wolman, M. A., Schmidt, .LA., Burgess, H.A. & Granato, M. 2011. Molecular-genetic mapping of zebrafish mutants with variable phenotypic penetrance. PLoS One. 6(10):e26510. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

Wolman, M. A., Jain, R.A., Liss, L. & Granato, M. 2011. Chemical modulation of memory formation in larval zebrafish PNAS, 108, 15468-73.

Banerjee, S., Gordon, L.R., Donn, T.M., Berti, C., Moens, C.B., Burden, S.J. and Granato, M. 2011. A novel role for MuSK and non-canonical Wnt signaling during segmental neural crest cell migration. Development, 138, 3287-96.

Burgess, H.A, Schoch, H., Granato, M. 2010. Distinct retinal pathways drive spatial orientation behaviors in zebrafish navigation. Current Biology, 20, 381-386

Temporal and spatial requirements of unplugged/MuSK function during zebrafish neuromuscular development.2010. Jing L, Gordon L.R, Shtibin E, Granato M. PLoS One. 22;5(1):e8843.

Jing, L, Lefebvre, J., Gordon, L. and Granato, M. 2009. Wnt signals organize synaptic prepattern and axon guidance through the unplugged/MuSk receptor. Neuron 61(5):721-33.

Burgess, H. A., Granato, M. 2008. The neurogenetic frontier-lessons from misbehaving zebrafish. Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, 7, 474-482.

Lefebvre, J., Becaficco, S., Franzini-Armstrong, C. and Granato, M. 2007. Differential requirement for MuSK and Dystroglycan in generating patterns of neuromuscular innervation. PNAS,104(7):2483-8.

Burgess, H. A., Granato, M. 2007. Sensorimotor gating of the startle response in larval zebrafish. J. Neuroscience 27(18):4987-94

Palaisa, K. A. , Granato, M. 2007. Analysis of zebrafish sidetracked mutants reveals a novel role for plexin-A3 in intraspinal motor axon guidance. Development, 134(18), 3251-7.

Schneider, V. A. , Granato, M. 2006. The myotomal diwanka (lh3) glycosyltransferase and type VIII collagen are critical for motor growth cone migration. Neuron, 50, 1-13.

Birely, J., Schneider, V. A., Santana, E., Dosch, R., Wagner, D. S., Mullins, M. C., Granato, M. 2005 Genetic screens for genes controlling nerve-muscle development and interactions. Developmental Biology, 280, 162-76.

Zhang, J., Lefebvre, J. L, Zhao, S. and Granato, M. 2004. The zebrafish unplugged gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase essential for motor axon pathfinding. Nature Neuroscience, 7, 1303-1309

Lefebvre, J. L. , Ono, F., Puglielli, C., Seidner, G., Brehm, P., Franzini-Armstrong, C. and Granato, M. 2004. Increased neuromuscular activity causes axonal defects and muscular Degeneration. Development 131, 2605-18.

Rauch, G.J., Granato, M., Haffter, P. A polymorphic zebrafish line for genetic mapping using SSLPs on high-percentage agarose gels. Technical Tips Online.
(This is the original paper describing the WIK L11 line and using non-radioactive electrophoresis for CA repeat mapping).