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Recent (and selected older) Research Papers
- Fox, A.N., and Zinn, K. (2005) The transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan Syndecan is an in vivo ligand for the DLAR receptor tyrosine phosphatase. Current Biology 15, 1701-1711. (plus an online supplement).
- Sherwood, N.T., Sun, Q., Xue, M., Zhang, B., and Zinn, K. (2004) Drosophila Spastin regulates synaptic microtubule networks and is required for normal motor function. PLOS Biology 2, 2094-2111.
- Menon, K., Sanyal, S. Habara, Y., Sanchez, R., Wharton, R.P., Ramaswami, M., and Zinn, K. (2004) The translational repressor Pumilio regulates presynaptic morphology and controls postsynaptic accumulation of translation factor eIF-4E. Neuron 44, 663-676.
- Zinn, K. (2004) Dendritic tiling: new insights from genetics. Neuron 44, 211-213.
- Kraut, R., and Zinn, K. (2004) Roundabout 2 regulates migration of sensory neurons by signaling in trans. Current Biology 14, 319-329.
- Cepko, C.L., and Zinn, K. (2002) Development: an editorial overview. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 12, 11-13.
- Schmid, A., Schindelholz, B., and Zinn, K. (2002) Combinatorial RNAi: a method for evaluating the functions of gene families in Drosophila. Trends in Neuroscience 25, 71-74. 8. Dubuque, S.H., Schachtner, J., Nighorn, A.J., Menon, K., Zinn, K., and Tolbert, L.P. (2001) Immunolocalization of synaptotagmin for the study of synapses in the developing antennal lobe of Manduca sexta. J. Comp. Neurol. 441, 277-287.
- Schindelholz, B., Knirr, M., Warrior, R., and Zinn, K. (2001) Regulation of CNS and motor axon guidance in Drosophila by the receptor tyrosine phosphatase DPTP52F. Development 128, 4371-4382.
- Kraut, R., Menon, K., and Zinn, K. (2001) A gain-of-function screen for genes controlling motor axon guidance and synaptogenesis in Drosophila. Current Biology 11, 417-430. (plus an online supplement, pp. S1-S24).
- Sun, Q., Schindelholz, B., Knirr, M., Schmid, A., and Zinn, K. (2001) Complex genetic interactions among four receptor tyrosine phosphatases regulate axon guidance in Drosophila. Molectular and Cellular Neuroscience 17, 274-291.
- Sun, Q., Bahri, S., Schmid, A., Chia, W., and Zinn, K. (2000) Receptor tyrosine phosphatases regulate axon guidance across the midline of the Drosophila embryo. Development 127, 801-812.
- Zinn, K., and Schmid, A. (1999). Derailed axons get on track. (Review) Nature 402, 475-476.
- Garrity, P.A., Lee, C-H., Salecker, I., Robertson, H., Desai, C.J., Zinn, K., and Zipursky, S.L. (1999) The Drosophila receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase DPTP69D is required for target selection by retinal axons. Neuron 22, 707-717.
- Zinn, K., and Sun, Q. (1999) Slit branches out: a secreted protein mediates both attractive and repulsive axon guidance (Review). Cell 97, 1-4.
- Desai, C.J., Garrity, P.A., Keshishian, H., Zipursky, S.L., and Zinn, K. (1999) The Drosophila SH2-SH3 adapter protein Dock is expressed in embryonic axons and facilitates synapse formation by the RP3 motoneuron. Development 126, 1527-1535.
- Wills, Z., Marr, L., Zinn, K., Goodman, C.S., and Van Vactor, D. (1999) Profilin and the Abl tyrosine kinase are required for motor axon outgrowth in the Drosophila embryo. Neuron 22, 291-299.
- Zinn, K. (1998) Receptor tyrosine phosphatases: the worm clears the picture (Review). Current Biology 8, 725-726.
- Menon, K.P., and Zinn, K. (1998). Tyrosine kinase inhibition produces specific alterations in axon guidance in the grasshopper embryo. Development 125, 4121-4131.
- Gindhart, J.G., Desai, C.J., Beushausen, S., Zinn, K., and Goldstein, L.S.B. (1998) Kinesin light chains are essential for axonal transport in Drosophila. J. Cell Biol. 141, 443-454.
- Fashena, S.J., and Zinn, K. (1997) The transmembrane glycoprotein gp150 is a substrate for the receptor tyrosine phosphatase DPTP10D in Drosophila cells. Mol. Cell. Biol. 17, 6859-6867.
- Zhang, Y., Chou, J.H., Bradley, J., Bargmann, C.I., and Zinn, K. (1997) The C. elegans 7-transmembrane protein ODR-10 functions as an odorant receptor in mammalian cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 12162-12167.
- Condron, B.G., and Zinn, K. (1997) Regulated neurite tension as a mechanism for determination of neuronal arbor geometries in vivo. Current Biology 7, 813-816.
- Desai, C.J., Krueger, N.X., Saito, H., and Zinn, K. (1997) Competition and cooperation among receptor tyrosine phosphatases control motoneuron growth cone guidance in Drosophila. Development 124, 1941-1952.
- Bradley, J., Zhang, Y., Bakin, R., Lester, H.A., Ronnett, G.V., and Zinn, K. (1997) Functional expression of the heteromeric "olfactory" cyclic nucletotide-gated channel in the hippocampus: a potential effector of synaptic plasticity in brain neurons. J. Neurosci. 17, 1993-2005.
- Desai, C.J., Sun, Q., and Zinn, K. (1997) Tyrosine phosphorylation and axon guidance: of flies and mice (Review). Current Opinion in Neurobiology 7, 70-74.
- Desai, C.J., Gindhart, J.G., Goldstein, L.S.B., and Zinn, K. (1996) Receptor tyrosine phosphatases are required for motor axon guidance in the Drosophila embryo. Cell 84, 599-609.
- Tongiorgi, E., Bernhardt, R.R., Zinn, K., and Schachner, M. (1995) Tenascin-C messenger RNA is expressed in cranial neural crest cells, in some placodal derivatives, and in discrete domains of the embryonic zebrafish brain. J. Neurobiol. 28, 391-407.
- Fashena, S.J., and Zinn, K. (1995) The ins and outs of receptor tyrosine phosphatases (Review). Current Biology 5, 1367-1369.
- Condron, B.G., and Zinn, K. (1995) Activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase triggers a glial-to-neuronal cell fate switch in an insect neuroblast lineage. Current Biology 5, 51-61.
- Hamilton, B.A., Ho, A., and Zinn, K. (1995) Targeted mutagenesis and genetic analysis of a Drosophila receptor-linked protein tyrosine phosphatase gene. Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 204, 187-192.
- Desai, C.J., Popova, E., and Zinn, K. (1994) A Drosophila receptor tyrosine phosphatase expressed in the embryonic CNS and larval optic lobes is a member of the set of proteins bearing the
HRPcarbohydrate epitope. J. Neurosci. 14, 7272-7283. - Tian, S-S., and Zinn, K. (1994) An adhesion molecule-like protein that interacts with and is a substrate for a Drosophila receptor-linked protein tyrosine phosphatase. J. Biol. Chem.269, 28478-28486.
- Condron, B.G., and Zinn, K. (1994) The grasshopper median neuroblast is a multipotent progenitor cell that generates glia and neurons in distinct temporal phases. J. Neurosci. 14, 5766-5777.
- Condron, B.G., Patel, N.H., and Zinn, K. (1994) engrailed controls glial/neuronal cell fate decisions at the midline of the central nervous system. Neuron 13, 541-554.
- Bradley, J., Li, J., Davidson, N., Lester, H.A., and Zinn, K. (1994) Heteromeric olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channels: a subunit that confers increased sensitivity to cAMP. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 8890-8894.
- Patel, N.H., Condron, B.G., and Zinn, K. (1994) Pair-rule expression patterns of even-skipped are found in both short and long germ beetles. Nature 367, 429-434.
- Hamilton, B.A., and Zinn, K. (1994) From clone to mutant gene. in: Drosophila melanogaster: practical uses in cell and molecular biology. Edited by L.S.B. Goldstein and E.A. Fyrberg; Academic Press, Orlando, FL; pp. 81-94.
- Zinn, K., and Condron, B.G. (1994) Cell fate decisions in the grasshopper central nervous system (Review). Current Opinion in Cell Biology 6, 783-787.
- Uezono, Y., Bradley, J., Min, C., McCarty, N., Quick, M., Riordan, J.R., Chavkin, C., Zinn, K., Lester, H.A., and Davidson, N. (1993) Receptors that couple to two classes of G proteins increase cAMP and activate CFTR expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Receptors and Channels 1, 233-241.
- Wang, W-C., Zinn, K., and Bjorkman, P.J. (1993) Expression and structural studies of fasciclin I, an insect cell adhesion molecule. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 1448-1455.
- McAllister, L., Rehm, E.J., Goodman, C.S., and Zinn, K. (1992) Alternative splicing of micro-exons creates multiple forms of the insect cell adhesion molecule fasciclin I. J. Neurosci. 12, 895-905.
- McAllister, L., Goodman, C.S., and Zinn, K. (1992) Dynamic expression of the cell adhesion molecule fasciclin I during embryonic development in Drosophila. Development 115, 267-276.
- Tian, S-S., Tsoulfas, P., and Zinn, K. (1991) Three receptor-linked protein-tyrosine phosphatases are selectively expressed on central nervous system axons in the Drosophila embryo. Cell 67, 675-685.




