Section: Publications

Maria Morabito, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Cell Biology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Program in Neuroscience

Publications

Zhang S., Edelmann L., Liu J., Crandall J.E., Morabito M.A. (2008). Cdk5 Regulates the Phosphorylation of Y1472 NR2B and the Surface Expression of NMDA Receptors. J Neurosci. 28:415-24.

Roselli F., Tirard M., Lu J., Hutzler P., Lamberti P., Livrea P., Morabito M., Almeida O.F. (2005). Soluble beta-amyloid1-40  inducesNMDA-dependent degradation of postsynaptic density-95 at glutamatergic synapses. J Neurosci. 25:11061-70.

Morabito M.A., Sheng M, Tsai LH. (2004). Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 phosphorylates the N-terminal domain of the postsynaptic density protein PSD-95 in neurons. J Neurosci. 24:865-76.

Patzke H., Maddineni U., 1,2, Ayala R., Morabito M.A., Volker J., Dikkes P., Ahlijanian M.K., and Li-Huei Tsai. (2003) Partial Rescue of the p35 -/- Brain Phenotype by Low Expression of a NSE p25-transgene J Neurosci. 23: 2769-78.

Dhavan R., Greer P., Morabito M.A., Orlando L.R., and Tsai L.-H. (2002) The cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activators p35 and p39 interact with the alpha-subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and alpha-actinin-1 in a calcium-dependent manner. J Neurosci. 22:7879-91.

Krishnan G, Morabito M.A., and Moczydlowski E. (2001) Expression and characterization of Flag-epitope- and hexahistidine-tagged derivatives of saxiphilin for use in detection and assay of saxitoxin. Toxicon 39: 291-301.

Niethammer M, Smith D.S., Ayala R, Peng J, Ko J, Lee M.S., Morabito M.A., and Tsai L-H., (2000).  NUDEL is a novel Cdk5 substrate that associates with LIS1 and cytoplasmic dynein.  Neuron 28: 697-711.

Redmond L., Hockfield S., and Morabito M.A. (1996).  The divergent homeobox gene PBX1 is expressed in the postnatal subventricular zone and interneurons of the olfactory bulb.  J. Neuroscience 16: 2972-2982.

Moss G.W.J., Marshall J., and Morabito M.A., Howe J.R., and Moczydlowski E. (1996).  An evolutionary conserved binding site for serine proteinase inhibitors in large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels.  Biochemistry 35: 16024-16035.

Morabito M.A., Llewellyn L.E., and Moczydlowski E. (1995).  Expression of saxiphilin in insect cells and localization of the saxitoxin-binding site to the C-terminal domain homologous to the C-lobe of transferrins.  Biochemistry 34: 13027-13033.

Morabito M.A. and Moczydlowski E. (1994).  Molecular cloning of bullfrog saxiphilin: A unique relative of the transferrin family that binds saxitoxin.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 2478-2482.

Barnstable C.J. and Morabito M.A. (1994).  Isolation and coding sequence of the rat rod opsin gene.  J. Mol. Neurosci. 5: 207-209.

Yu X., Chung M., Morabito M.A. and Barnstable C.J. (1993).  Shared nuclear protein binding sites in the upstream region of the rat opsin gene.  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 191: 76-82.

Morabito M.A., Yu X., and Barnstable C.J. (1991).  Characterization of developmentally-regulated and retina-specific nuclear protein binding to a site in the upstream region of the rat opsin gene.  J. Biol. Chem. 266: 9667-9672.

Treisman J.E., Morabito M.A., and Barnstable C.J. (1988).  Opsin expression in the rat retina is developmentally regulated by transcriptional activation.  Mol. Cell. Biol. 8: 1570-1579.

Barnstable C.J., Blum A.S., Devoto S.H., Hicks D., Morabito M.A., Sparrow J.R., and Treisman J. (1988).  Cell differentiation and pattern formation in the developing mammalian retina.  Neurosci. Res. 8: S27-S41.

Office: S7-244
Phone: 508 856-2018
E-mail: Maria.Morabito@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Neurobiology, Cell Biology, Signal Transduction

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