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2008

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).

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,

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.

2007

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.

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.

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.

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.

2006

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

2005

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.

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.

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.

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. 

2004

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2003

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.

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.

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.

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

2002

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.

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.

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

2001

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

Selected Publications: 2000-1994

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

 (*These authors contributed equally to the work)