RECENT PUBLICATIONS
2009
Fluorescence microscopy methods in the study of protein structure and function. Jensen-Smith H, Currall B, Rossino D, Tiede L, Nichols M, Hallworth R. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;493:369-79.
2008
Electromotility and Morphological Specializations of the Mammalian Outer Hair Cell. Hallworth, R & Jensen-Smith, H (2008) Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions, Geoffrey Manley (ed), Springer Handbooks of Auditory Research.
Localization of betav tubulin in the cochlea and cultured cells with a novel monoclonal antibody. Banerjee A, Jensen-Smith H, Lazzell A, Prasad V, Elguezabal G, Hallworth R, Ludueña RF. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2008 Jun;65(6):505-14.
Lmx1a is required for segregation of sensory epithelia and normal ear histogenesis and morphogenesis. Nichols DH, Pauley S, Jahan I, Beisel KW, Millen KJ, Fritzsch B. Cell Tissue Res. 2008 Nov 5.
MicroRNA-183 family conservation and ciliated neurosensory organ expression. Pierce ML, Weston MD, Fritzsch B, Gabel HW, Ruvkun G, Soukup GA. Evol Dev. 2008 Jan-Feb;10(1):106-13.
Molecular evolution of the vertebrate mechanosensory cell and ear. Fritzsch B, Beisel KW, Pauley S, Soukup G. Int J Dev Biol. 2007;51(6-7):663-78. Review.
Homocysteine enhances cardiac neural crest cell attachment in vitro by increasing intracellular calcium levels. Heidenreich DJ, Reedy MV, Brauer PR. Dev Dyn. 2008 Aug;237(8):2117-28.
Osteopontin is not critical for otoconia formation or balance function. Zhao X, Jones SM, Thoreson WB, Lundberg YW. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2008 Jun;9(2):191-201.
Otoconin-90 deletion leads to imbalance but normal hearing: a comparison with other otoconia mutants. Zhao X, Jones SM, Yamoah EN, Lundberg YW. Neuroscience. 2008 Apr 22;153(1):289-99.
Gene targeting reveals the role of Oc90 as the essential organizer of the otoconial organic matrix. Zhao X, Yang H, Yamoah EN, Lundberg YW. Dev Biol. 2007 Apr 15;304(2):508-24.
2007
The biological role of death and lysis in biofilm development. Bayles KW. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2007 Sep;5(9):721-6.
The cidA murein hydrolase regulator contributes to DNA release and biofilm development in Staphylococcus aureus. Rice KC, Mann EE, Endres JL, Weiss EC, Cassat JE, Smeltzer MS, Bayles KW. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):8113-8.
Mammalian cilia function is independent of the polymeric state of tubulin glycylation. Dossou SJ, Bré MH, Hallworth R. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2007 Nov;64(11):847-55.
Long-distance three-color neuronal tracing in fixed tissue using NeuroVue dyes. Jensen-Smith H, Gray B, Muirhead K, Ohlsson-Wilhelm B, Fritzsch B. Immunol Invest. 2007;36(5-6):763-89.
Lateral wall protein content mediates alterations in cochlear outer hair cell mechanics before and after hearing onset. Jensen-Smith H, Hallworth R. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2007 Sep;64(9):705-17.
Determination of hair cell metabolic state in isolated cochlear preparations by two-photon microscopy. Tiede LM, Rocha-Sanchez SM, Hallworth R, Nichols MG, Beisel K. J Biomed Opt. 2007 Mar-Apr;12(2)
Developmental expression of Kcnq4 in vestibular neurons and neurosensory epithelia. Rocha-Sanchez SM, Morris KA, Kachar B, Nichols D, Fritzsch B, Beisel KW. Brain Res. 2007 Mar 30;1139:117-25.
2006
Outer Hair Cell Mechanics are Altered by Developmental Changes in Lateral Wall Protein Content. Jensen-Smith, H.C., & Hallworth, R. (2006) Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models, Alfred Nuttall, Tianying Ren, Peter Gillespie, Karl Grosh, Edbert de Boer (eds), World Scientific Publishing Company.
Near-infrared laser illumination transforms the fluorescence absorbing X-Gal reaction product BCI into a transparent, yet brightly fluorescent substance. Matei VA, Feng F, Pauley S, Beisel KW, Nichols MG, Fritzsch B. Brain Res Bull. 2006 Jun 15;70(1):33-43.
Studying inner ear protein-protein interactions using FRET and FLIM. Hallworth R, Currall B, Nichols MG, Wu X, Zuo J. Brain Res. 2006 May 26;1091(1):122-31.
Photobleaching of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and the development of highly fluorescent lesions in rat basophilic leukemia cells during multiphoton microscopy. Tiede LM, Nichols MG. Photochem Photobiol. 2006 May-Jun;82(3):656-64.
Migratory routes and fates of cells transcribing the Wnt-1 gene in the murine hindbrain. Nichols DH, Bruce LL. Dev Dyn. 2006 Feb;235(2):285-300.