Section: Publications

Postdoctoral Position Available

Elizabeth Luna, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Cell Biology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Cancer Center
   Cell Dynamics Group
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
   Program in Immunology and Virology

Recent Publications

Crowley  , J.L., Takizawa, N., Smith, T.C., and Luna, E.J.  Supervillin: A membrane skeleton protein at invadopodia and Src-induced podosomes.  In preparation.

Takizawa N., Ikebe R., Ikebe M, and Luna, E.J. (2007) Supervillin slows cell spreading by facilitating myosin II activation at the cell periphery.  J. Cell Sci. 120, 3792-3803.

Takizawa, N., Smith, T.C., Nebl, T., Crowley, J.L., Palmieri, S.J., Lifshitz, L.M., Ehrhardt, A.G., Hoffman, L.M., Beckerle, M.C. and Luna, E.J. (2006) Supervillin modulation of focal adhesions involving TRIP6/ZRP-1.  J. Cell Biol. 174, 447-458.

Gangopadhyay, S.S., Takizawa, N., Gallant, C., Barber, A.L., Je, H.D., Smith, T.C., Luna, E.J. and Morgan, K.G. (2004)  Smooth muscle archvillin:  A novel regulator of contractility in vascular smooth muscle.  J. Cell Sci.  117, 5043-5057.

Chen, Y., Takizawa, N., Crowley, J.L., Oh, S.W., Gatto, C., Li, X., Kambara, T., Sato, O., Ikebe, M. and Luna, E.J. (2003) F-actin and myosin II binding domains in supervillin. J. Biol. Chem. 278:  46094-46106.

Oh, S.W., Pope, R.K., Smith, K.P., Crowley, J.L., Nebl, T., Lawrence, J.B., and Luna, E.J. (2003) Archvillin, a muscle-specific isoform of supervillin, is an early-expressed component of the costameric membrane skeleton.  J. Cell Sci.  116, 2261-2275.

Nebl, T., Pestonjamasp, K.N., Leszyk, J.D., Crowley, J.L., Oh, S.W. and Luna, E.J. (2002) Proteomic analysis of a detergent-resistant membrane skeleton from neutrophil plasma membranes.  J. Biol. Chem. 277: 43399-43409.

Office: Biotech 4 Suite 306
Phone: 508-856-8661
E-mail: Elizabeth.Luna@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Nuclear Receptors, Cell Dynamics, Cell Biology, Muscle Membrane Biochemistry, Metastasis

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