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Predoctoral

1.  Paulson K.E., Matera A.G., Deka N. and Schmid C.W. (1987).  Transcription of a Human transposon-like sequence is usually directed by other promoters.  Nucleic Acids Research 16: 1143-1151.

2.  Deka N., Wong E., Matera A.G., Kraft R., Leinwand L.A. and Schmid C.W. (1988).  Repetitive nucleotide sequence insertions into a novel calmodulin-related gene and its processed pseudogene.  Gene 71: 123-134.

3.  Misra R.*, Matera A.G.*, Schmid C.W. and Rush M.G. (1989).  Recombination mediates production of an extrachromosomal circular DNA containing a transposon-like human element, THE-1.  Nucleic Acids Research 17: 8327-8341. (*Equal contribution).

4.  Schmid C.W., Deka N. and Matera A.G. (1989).  Repetitive Human DNA: The Shape of Things to Come, in Chromosomes: Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic and Viral, Vol. 1, pp. 3-29, K.W. Adolph (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

5.  Matera A.G., Hellman U. and Schmid C.W. (1990).  A Transpositionally and transcriptionally competent Alu subfamily.  Molecular and Cellular Biology 10: 5424-5432.

6.  Matera A.G., Weiner A.M. and Schmid C.W. (1990).  Structure and evolution of the U2 snRNA multigene family in higher primates: Gene amplification under natural selection? Molecular and Cellular Biology 10: 5876-5882.

7.  Matera A.G., Hellmann U., Hintz M.F. and Schmid C.W. (1990).  Recently transposed Alu repeats result from multiple source genes. Nucleic Acids Research 18: 6019-6023.

Postdoctoral

8.  Roman C., Matera A.G., Cooper C., Artandi S., Blain S., Ward D.C. and Calame K.  (1992).  mTFE3, an X-linked transcriptional activator containing BHLH and zipper domains, utilizes the zipper to stabilize both DNA binding and multimerization. Molecular and Cellular Biology 12: 817-827. 

9.  Matera A.G. and Ward D.C. (1992).  Oligonucleotide probes for the analysis of specific repetitive DNA sequences by fluorescence in situ hybridization.  Human Molecular Genetics 1: 535-539. 

10.  Matera A.G. and Marks J. (1993).  Complex rearrangements in the evolution of hominoid chromosome XVII.  Journal of Human Evolution 24: 233-238. 

11.  Stallings R.L., Doggett N.A., Okumura K., Matera A.G. and Ward D.C.  (1993).  Are Repetitive DNA Sequences Involved with Leukemia Chromosome Breakpoints?, in Genome Analysis Vol. 7:  Genome Rearrangement and Stability, pp. 59-78, K. Davies and   S. Warren (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Press, NY. 

12.  Matera A.G. and Ward D.C. (1993).  Nucleoplasmic organization of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in cultured human cells.  Journal of Cell Biology 121: 715-727.

13.  Matera A.G. and Ward D.C. (1993).  Localization of the human Sp1 transcription factor gene to 12q13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.  Genomics 17: 793-794. 

14.  Matera A.G., Baldini A. and Ward D.C. (1993).  An oligonucleotide probe specific to the centromeric region of human chromosome 5.  Genomics 18: 729-31. 

15.  Toczyski D.T., Matera A.G., Ward D.C. and Steitz J.A. (1994).  The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) small RNA EBER1 binds and relocalizes ribosomal protein L22 in EBV infected Human B-lymphocytes.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91: 3463-3467. 

16.  Chan E.K.L., Tan E.M., Ward D.C. and Matera A.G. (1994).  Human 60-kD SS-A/Ro ribonucleoprotein autoantigen gene localized to 1q31 by fluorescence in situ  hybridization.  Genomics  23: 298-300. 

17.  Matera A.G., Tycowski K.T., Steitz J.A. and Ward D.C. (1994).  Organization of small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins (snoRNPs) by fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry.  Molecular Biology of the Cell. 5: 1289-1299. 

18.  Pavelitz T., Rushé L., Matera A.G., Scharf J., Weiner A.M. (1995).  Concerted evolution of the tandem array encoding primate U2 small nuclear RNA occurs without changing the cytological context of the RNU2 locus.  EMBO Journal 14: 169-177. 

19.  Haaf T., Matera A.G., Wienberg J. and Ward D.C. (1995).  Presence and abundance of CENP-B box sequences in Great Ape subsets of primate-specific alpha-satellite DNA.  Journal of Molecular Evolution. 41: 487-491. 

20.  Bellefroid E.J., Marine J-C., Matera A.G., Bourguignon C., Desai T., Coleman Healey K., Bray-Ward P., Martial J.A., Ihle J. and Ward D.C. (1995).  Emergence of the ZNF91 Krüppel-associated box containing zinc finger gene family in the last common ancestor of Anthropoidia.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92: 10757-10761. 

21.  Lee B., Matera A.G., Ward D.C. and Craft J. (1996).  Association of RNase mitochondrial RNA processing enzyme with Ribonuclease P in higher ordered structures in the nucleolus:  A possible co-ordinate role in ribosome biogenesis.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 93: 11471-11476. 

Independent Investigator 

22.  Chan E.K.L., Takano S., Andrade L.E.C., Hamel J.C. and Matera A.G. (1994).  Structure, expression and chromosomal localization of the human p80-coilin gene.  Nucleic Acids Research 22: 4462-4469.

23.  Guan K-L., Jenkins C.W., Li Y., Nichols M.A., Wu X., O'Keefe C.L., Matera A.G. and Xiong Y. (1994).  Cell type-specific growth suppression by p18, a p16INK4-related CDK6 inhibitor.  Genes & Development 8: 2939-2952. 

24.  Matera A.G.*, Frey M.R., Margelot K. and Wolin S.L.* (1995).  A perinucleolar compartment that contains several RNA polymerase III transcripts as well as the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein, hnRNP I. Journal of Cell Biology 129: 1181-1193. (*Corresponding authors)

25.  Frey M.R. and Matera A.G. (1995).  Coiled bodies contain U7 small nuclear RNA and associate with specific DNA sequences in interphase cells.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 5915-5919. 

26.  Guan K-L., Jenkins C.W., Li Y., O'Keefe C.L., Noh S., Wu X., Zariwala M., Matera A.G. and Xiong Y. (1996).  Isolation and characterization of p19INK4d, a p16-related inhibitor specific to CDK 6 and CDK 4.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  7: 57-70. 

27.  Turner P.C., Whalen A., Schümperli D. and Matera A.G.  (1996).  The Bona Fide mouse U7 snRNA gene maps to a different chromosome than two U7 pseudogenes.  Genomics  31: 250-252. 

28.  Wang Z-F., Krasikov T., Frey M.R.,  Wang J., Matera A.G. and Marzluff W.F.  (1996).  Characterization of the mouse gistone gene cluster on chromosome 13:  45 histone genes in three patches spread over 1 Mb.  Genome Research 6: 688-701. 

29.  Wang Z-F., Tisovec R., Debry R.W., Frey M.R., Matera A.G. and Marzluff W.F. (1996). Characterization of the 55-kb mouse histone gene cluster on chromosome 3.  Genome Research 6: 702-714. 

30.  O'Keefe C.L., Warburton P.E. and Matera A.G.  (1996).  Oligonucleotide probes for alpha satellite DNA variants can distinguish homologous chromosomes by FISH.  Human Molecular Genetics 5: 1793-1799. 

31.  Matera A.G., Wu W., Imai H., O'Keefe C.L. and Chan E.K.L.  (1997).  Molecular cloning of the RNA Pol I transcription factor hUBF/NOR-90 (UBTF) gene and localization to 17q21.3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping.  Genomics  41: 135-138.

32.  Frey M.R., Wu W., Dunn J.M. and Matera A.G.  (1997).  The U22 host gene (UHG): Chromosomal localization of UHG and distribution of U22 small nucleolar RNA.  Histochemistry and Cell Biology 108: 365-370. 

33.  O'Keefe C.L., Griffin D.K., Bean C.J., Matera A.G. and Hassold T.J.  (1997).  Alphoid variant-specific FISH probes can distinguish autosomal meiosis I from meiosis II non-disjunction in human sperm.  Human Genetics 101: 61-66. 

34.  Bokar J.A., Shambaugh M.E., Polayes D., Matera A.G. and Rottman F.  (1997).  Purification and cDNA cloning of the AdoMet-binding subunit of the human mRNA (N6-adenosine)-methyltransferase.  RNA  3: 1233-1247. 

35.  Yang C.C., Xiao X., Zhu X., Ansardi D.C., Epstein G.N.D., Frey M.R., Matera A.G. and Samulski R.J.  (1997).  Cellular recombination pathways and viral terminal repeat hairpin structures are sufficient for Adeno-associated virus integration in vivo and in vitro.  Journal of Virology  71: 9231-9247. 

36.  Gao L., Frey M.R. and Matera A.G.  (1997).  Human genes encoding U3 snRNA associate with coiled bodies in interphase cells and are clustered on chromosome 17p11.2 in a complex inverted repeat structure. Nucleic Acids Research 25: 4740-4747.

37.  Matera A.G.  (1998).  Of coiled bodies, gems and salmon. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 70: 181-192.

38.  Matera A.G. and Frey M.R.  (1998).  Coiled bodies and gems: Janus or Gemini?  American Journal of Human Genetics 63: 317-321. 

39.  Frey M.R., Bailey A.D., Weiner A.M. and Matera A.G. (1999).  Association of snRNA genes with coiled bodies is mediated by nascent snRNA transcripts.  Current Biology 9: 126-135. 

40.  Jacobs E.Y., Frey M.R., Wu W., Ingledue T.C., Gebuhr T.C., Gao L., Marzluff W.F. and Matera A.G.  (1999).  Coiled bodies preferentially associate with U4, U11 and U12 small nuclear RNA genes in interphase HeLa cells, but not U6 and U7 genes.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 10: 1653-1663.

41.  Wolin S.L. and Matera A.G. (1999). The trials and travels of tRNA. Genes & Development 13: 1-10. 

42.  Harte P.J., Wu W., Carrasquillo M. and Matera A.G.  (1999).  Assignment of a novel bifurcated SET domain gene, SETDB1, to human chromosome band 1q21 by in situ hybridization and radiation hybrids. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 84: 83-86.

43.  Matera A.G.  (1999).  RNA Splicing: More clues from Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Current Biology 9: R140-R142. 

44.  Schul W., van der Kraan I., Matera A.G., van Driel R. and de Jong L.  (1999).  Nuclear domains enriched in RNA 3' processing factors associate with coiled bodies and histone genes in a cell cycle-dependent fashion.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 10: 3815-3824.

45.  Matera A.G.  (1999).  Nuclear Bodies:  Multifaceted subdomains of the interchromatin space.  Trends in Cell Biology  9: 302-309.

46.  Liu J-L., Hebert M.D., Ye Y., Templeton D.J., Kung H-J., Matera A.G.  (2000).  Cell cycle-dependent localization of the CDK2-cyclin E complex in Cajal (coiled) bodies.    Journal of Cell Science 113: 1543-1552.

47.  Tucker K.E., Massello L.K., Gao L., Barber T.J., Hebert M.D., Chan E.K.L. and Matera A.G.  (2000).  Structure and characterization of the murine p80 coilin gene, Coil.  Journal of Structural Biology 129: 269-277.

48.  Zhao J., Kennedy B.K., Lawrence B.D., Barbie D.A., Matera A.G., Fletcher J.A. and Harlow E. (2000).  NPAT links cyclin E-CDK2 to the regulation of replication-dependent histone gene transcription.  Genes & Development 14: 2283-2297.

49.  O’Keefe C.L. and Matera A.G. (2000). Alpha satellite DNA variant-specific oligoprobes differing by a single base can distinguish chromosome 15 homologues.  Genome Research 10: 1342-1350.

50.  Hebert M.D. and Matera A.G. (2000).  Self-association of coilin reveals a common theme in nuclear body localization.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 11: 4159-4172.

51.  Tucker K.E., Berciano M.T., Jacobs E.Y., LePage D., Shpargel K.B., Rossire J.J., Chan E.K.L., Lafarga M., Conlon R.A. and Matera A.G.  (2001).  Residual Cajal bodies in coilin knockout mice fail to recruit Sm snRNPs and SMN, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy determining gene product.  Journal of Cell Biology 154: 293-307.

52.  Frey M.R. and Matera A.G. (2001).  RNA-mediated interaction of Cajal bodies with U2 snRNA genes.  Journal of Cell Biology 154: 499-509.

53.  Matera A.G. and Hebert M.D.  (2001).  The survival motor neurons protein uses its ZPR for nuclear translocation.  Nature Cell Biology 3: E93-E95.

54.  Hebert M.D., Szymczyk P.W., Shpargel K.B. and Matera A.G. (2001).  Coilin forms the bridge between Cajal bodies and SMN, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy protein.  Genes & Development 15: 2720-2729.

55.  Matera A.G.  (2001).  The Nucleolus, in Biology, Richard Robinson (ed.), Gale Publishing Group, MacMillan Reference Books, NY.

56.  Narayanan U.*, Ospina J.K.*, Frey M.R., Hebert M.D. and Matera A.G. (2002).  SMN, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy protein, forms a pre-import snRNP complex with snurportin1 and importin-beta.  Human Molecular Genetics 11: 1785-1795. (*Equal contribution).

57.  Ospina J.K. and Matera A.G.  (2002).  Proteomics: The nucleolus weighs in.  Current Biology 12: R29-R31.

58.  Hebert M.D., Shpargel K.B., Ospina J.K., Tucker K.E. and Matera A.G. (2002).  Coilin methylation regulates nuclear body formation.  Developmental Cell  3: 329-337.

59.  Shpargel K.B., Ospina J.K., Tucker K.E., Matera A.G.* and Hebert M.D. (2003).  Control of Cajal body number is mediated by the coilin C-terminus.  Journal of Cell Science 116: 303-312. (*Corresponding author)

60.  Jády B.E., Darzacq X., Tucker K.E., Matera A.G., Bertrand E. and Kiss T. (2003).  Post-transcriptional modification of Sm spliceosomal small nuclear RNAs occurs in the nucleoplasmic Cajal body following import from the cytoplasm.  EMBO Journal 22: 1878-1888.

61.  Matera A.G.  (2003).  Cajal Bodies.  Current Biology 13: R503.

62.  Mouaikel J., Narayanan U., Verheggen C., Matera A.G., Bertrand E., Tazi J. and Bordonné R. (2003).  Interaction between the snRNA cap hypermethylase and the spinal muscular atrophy protein, SMN.  EMBO Reports 4: 616-622.

63.  Dundr M.*, Hebert M.D., Karpova T.S., Xu H., Stanek D., Shpargel K.B., Meier U.T., Neugebauer K., Matera A.G.* and Misteli T. (2004).  In vivo kinetics of Cajal body components. Journal of Cell Biology 164: 831-842.  (*Corresponding authors)

64.  Navascues J., Berciano M.T., Tucker K.E., Lafarga M. and Matera A.G. (2004). Targeting SMN to Cajal bodies and nuclear gems during neuritogenesis.  Chromosoma 112: 398-409.

65.  Tartakoff A.M., Matera A.G., Pimplikar S.W. and Weimbs T. (2004).  Regulation of nuclear functions – nucleocytoplasmic transport in context.  European Journal of Cell Biology 83: 185-192.

66.  Narayanan U., Achsel T., Lührmann R. and Matera A.G. (2004). Coupled in vitro import of UsnRNPs and SMN, the spinal muscular atrophy protein. Molecular Cell 16: 223-234.

67.  Boulon S.*, Verheggen C.*, Jady B.E., Girard C., Pescia C., Conception P., Ospina J.K., Kiss T., Matera A.G., Bordonné R., and Bertrand E. (2004). PHAX and CRM1 are required sequentially to transport U3 snoRNA to nucleoli. Molecular Cell 16: 777-787. (*Equal contribution).

68.  Xu H., Pillai R.S., Azzouz T.N., Shpargel K.B., Kambach C., Hebert M.D., Schümperli D. and Matera A.G. (2005). The conserved C-terminal domain of coilin interacts with Sm proteins and snRNPs. Chromosoma 114: 155-166.

69.  Tucker K.E. and Matera A.G.  (2005).  The Cajal Body: A nuclear gathering place. In: Visions of the Cell Nucleus, P. Hemmerich and S. Diekmann (eds.), pp. 159-171. American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA. 

70.  Ospina J.K., Gonsalvez G.B., Bednenko J., Darzynkiewicz E., Gerace L. and Matera A.G. (2005).  Cross-talk between snurportin1 subdomains. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16: 4660-4671.

71.  Shpargel K.B. and Matera A.G. (2005). Gemin proteins are required for efficient assembly of Sm-class RNPs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 17372-17377.

72.  Akhtar A. and Matera A.G. (2006). In and around the nucleus.  Nature Cell Biology 8: 3-6. 

73.  Matera A.G. (2006). Drosophila Cajal bodies: Accessories not included.  Journal of Cell Biology 172: 791-793.

74.  Matera A.G. and Shpargel K.B. (2006).  Pumping RNA: Nuclear bodybuilding along the RNP pipeline. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 18: 317-324. 

75.  Gonsalvez G.B., Rajendra T.K., Tian L. and Matera A.G. (2006).  The Sm-protein methyltransferase, Dart5, is essential for germ cell specification and maintenance. Current Biology 16: 1077-1089. 

76.  Wagner E.J., Ospina J.K., Hu Y., Dundr M., Matera A.G. and Marzluff W.F. (2006). Conserved Zinc fingers mediate multiple functions of ZFP100, a U7 snRNP associated protein.  RNA 12: 1206-1218. 

77.  Barcaroli D., Bongiorno-Borbone L., Terrinoni A., Hofmann T.G., Rossi M., Knight R.A., Matera A.G., Melino G. and De Laurenzi V. (2006).  FLASH is required for histone transcription and S-phase progression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  103: 14808-14812.

78.  Cioce M., Boulon S., Matera A.G. and Lamond A.I. (2006). UV-induced fragmentation of Cajal bodies.  Journal of Cell Biology  175: 401-413.

79.  Matera A.G., Terns R.M. and Terns M.P. (2007).  Non-coding RNAs: Lessons from the snRNAs and snoRNAs.  Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 8: 209-220.

80.  Rajendra T.K., Gonsalvez G.B., Walker M.P., Shpargel K.B., Salz H.K. and Matera A.G. (2007). A Drosophila model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy reveals a function for SMN in striated muscle.  Journal of Cell Biology 176: 831-841. 

81.  Gonsalvez G.B., Tian L., Ospina J.K., Boisvert F.M., Lamond A.I. and Matera A.G. (2007). Two distinct arginine methyltransferases are required for biogenesis of Sm-class ribonucleoproteins. Journal of Cell Biology 178: 733-740.

82.  Dundr M.*, Ospina J.K.*, Sung M.-H., John S., Upender M., Ried T., Hager G.L. and Matera A.G. (2007). Actin-dependent intranuclear repositioning of an active gene locus in vivo.  Journal of Cell Biology 179: 1095-1103. (*Equal contribution).

83.  Gonsalvez G.B., Praveen K., Hicks A.J., Tian L. and Matera A.G. (2008). Sm protein arginine methylation is dispensable for snRNP assembly in Drosophila melanogaster.  RNA 14: 878-887.

84.  Steitz J.A., Dreyfuss G., Krainer A.R., Lamond A.I., Matera A.G. and Padgett R.A. (2008). Where in the cell is the minor spliceosome?  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 8485-8486.

85.  Walker M.P., Rajendra T.K., Saieva L., Fuentes J.L., Pellizzoni L. and Matera A.G. (2008).  The SMN complex localizes to the sarcomeric Z-disc and is a proteolytic target of calpain.  Human Molecular Genetics (in press).

86.  Shpargel K.B., Rajendra T.K., Praveen K. and Matera A.G. (2008). Gemin3 is an essential gene required for larval motor function and pupation in Drosophila. Molecular Biology of the Cell (in revision).

87.  Liu J.-L., Wu Z., Nizami Z., Rajendra T.K., Gao H., Matera A.G., and Gall J.G. (2008).  Coilin is essential for Cajal body organization in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Biology of the Cell (in revision).

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