Section: Publications

Thoru Pederson, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Cell Dynamics Group
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Selected Recent Publications

Politz, J.C.R., F. Zhang and T. Pederson. (2006)  miR-206 co-localizes with ribosome-rich regions in the nucleolus and cytoplasm of rat myogenic cells.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 18957-18962.  17135348

Ritland Poland, J.C., I. Polena, I. Trask, D.P. Bazett-Jones and T. Pederson. (2005) A non-ribosomal landscape in the nucleolus revealed by the stem cell protein nucleostemin. Mol.Biol.Cell, 16: 3401-3410.  15857956

Sommerville, J., C.L. Brumwell, Ritland Politz, J.C. and T. Pederson. (2005)   Signal recognition particle assembly in relation to the function of amplified nucleoli in Xenopus oocytes.  J. Cell Sci. 118:1299-1307. 15741230

Politz, J.C., R.A. Tuft, and T. Pederson.   (2004). Photoactivation-based labeling and in vivo tracking of RNA molecules in the nucleus.  In Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual.  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 177-185.

Pederson, T. (2004). The spatial organization of the genome in mammalian cells. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev.14: 203-209.  15196468

Pederson, T. (2004). Can telomerase be put in its place? J. Cell Biol.164: 637-639.  14993231

Pederson, T. (2004). RNA interference and mRNA silencing, 2004: how far will they reach? Mol. Biol. Cell 15: 407-410.  14657237

Politz, J.C., R.A. Tuft, and T. Pederson (2003). Diffusion-based transport of nascent ribosomes in the nucleus. Mol. Biol. Cell 14: 4805-4812.  12960421

Wang, C., J.C. Politz, T. Pederson and S. Huang (2003). RNA polymerase III transcripts and the PTB protein are essential for the integrity of the perinucleolar compartment. Mol. Biol. Cell 14: 2425-2435.  12808040

Politz, J.C., L.B. Lewandowski and T. Pederson (2002). Signal recognition particle RNA localization within the nucleolus differs from the classical sites of ribosome synthesis. J. Cell Biol. 159: 411-418.  12427865

Mougin, A., F. Torterotot, C. Branlant, M.R. Jacobson, Q. Huang and T. Pederson (2002). A 3'-terminal minihelix in the precursor of human spliceosomal U2 small nuclear RNA. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 23137-23142.  11956214

Yarovoi, S.V. and T. Pederson (2001). Human cell lines expressing hormone regulated T7 RNA polymerase localized at distinct intranuclear sites. Gene 275: 73-81.  11574154

Pederson, T. (2001). Protein mobility within the nucleus -- what are the right moves? Cell 104: 635-638.  11257216

Pederson, T. (2001). Fluorescent RNA cytochemistry: tracking gene transcripts in living cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 29: 1013-1016.  11222750

Pederson, T. (2000). Diffusional protein transport within the nucleus: a message in the medium. Nature Cell Biol. 2: E73-E74.  10806486

Politz, J.C. and T. Pederson (2000). Movement of mRNA from transcription site to nuclear pores. J. Struct. Biol. 129: 252-257.  10806075

Pederson, T. and J.C. Politz (2000). The nucleolus and the four ribonucleoproteins of translation. J. Cell Biol. 148: 1091-1095.  10725320

Pederson, T. (2000). Half a century of “the nuclear matrix”. Mol. Biol. Cell 11: 799-805.  10712500

Politz, J.C., S. Yarovoi, S.M. Kilroy, K. Gowda, C., Zwieb and T. Pederson (2000). Signal recognition particle components in the nucleolus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 55-60.  10618370

Politz, J.C., R.A. Tuft, T. Pederson and R.H. Singer (1999). Movement of nuclear poly(A) RNA throughout the interchromatin space in living cells. Curr. Biol. 9:285-291.  10209094

Huang, Q. and T. Pederson (1999). A human U2 RNA mutant stalled in 3' end processing is impaired in nuclear import. Nucleic Acids Res. 27: 1025-1031.  9927735

Pederson, T. (1998). The plurifunctional nucleolus. Nucleic Acids Res. 26: 3871-3876.  9705492

Jacobson, M.R. and T. Pederson (1998). Localization of signal recognition particle RNA in the nucleolus of mammalian cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 95: 7981-7986.  9653126

Politz, J.C., E.S. Browne, D.E. Wolf and T. Pederson (1998). Intranuclear diffusion and hybridization state of oligonucleotides measured by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in living cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 95: 6043-6048.  9600914

Office: B4-337
Phone: 508-856-8667
Fax: 508-856-8668
E-mail: Thoru.Pederson@umassmed.edu
Keywords: RNA Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Gene Expression, Nuclear Architecture, RNA Interference (RNAi)

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