PublicationsIdentification, basic characterization and evolutionary analysis of differentially spliced mRNA isoforms of human YAP1 gene. Gaffney CJ, Oka T, Mazack V, Hilman D, Gat U, Muramatsu T, Inazawa J, Golden A, Carey DJ, Farooq A, Tromp G, Sudol M. Gene. 2012 Nov 10;509(2):215-22. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.08.025. Epub 2012 Aug 24. The Evolutionary history of YAP and the Hippo/YAP pathway. Hilman D, Gat U. Mol Biol Evol. 2011 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21415026 A proposed model for dragline spider silk self-assembly: Insights from the effect of the repetitive domain size on fiber properties.Ittah S, Barak N, Gat U. Biopolymers. 2010 May;93(5):458-68. The evolutionary origin of the Runx/CBFbeta transcription factors--studies of the most basal metazoans. Sullivan JC, Sher D, Eisenstein M, Shigesada K, Reitzel AM, Marlow H, Levanon D, Groner Y, Finnerty JR, Gat U. BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Aug 5;8:228. A chromatin immunoprecipitation screen in mouse keratinocytes reveals Runx1 as a direct transcriptional target of DeltaNp63. Ortt K, Raveh E, Gat U, Sinha S. J Cell Biochem. 2008 Jul 1;104(4):1204-19. Transcriptional activation of a subset of hair keratin genes by the NF-kappaB effector p65/RelA. Gilon M, Sher N, Cohen S, Gat U. Differentiation. 2008 May;76(5):518-30. Epub 2007 Nov 16. A model for the structure of the C-terminal domain of dragline spider silk and the role of its conserved cysteine. Ittah S, Michaeli A, Goldblum A, Gat U. Biomacromolecules. 2007 Sep;8(9):2768-73. Epub 2007 Aug 14. Dynamic expression of Runx1 in skin affects hair structure. Raveh E, Cohen S, Levanon D, Negreanu V, Groner Y, Gat U. Mech Dev. 2006 Nov;123(11):842-50. Epub 2006 Aug 9. An essential role for the C-terminal domain of a dragline spider silk protein in directing fiber formation. Ittah S, Cohen S, Garty S, Cohn D, Gat U. Biomacromolecules. 2006 Jun;7(6):1790-5. Runx3 is involved in hair shape determination. Raveh E, Cohen S, Levanon D, Groner Y, Gat U. Dev Dyn. 2005 Aug;233(4):1478-87. Novel assembly properties of recombinant spider dragline silk proteins. Huemmerich D, Scheibel T, Vollrath F, Cohen S, Gat U, Ittah S. Curr Biol. 2004 Nov 23;14(22):2070-4. Spatial and temporal expression pattern of Runx3 (Aml2) and Runx1 (Aml1) indicates non-redundant functions during mouse embryogenesis. Levanon D, Brenner O, Negreanu V, Bettoun D, Woolf E, Eilam R, Lotem J, Gat U, Otto F, Speck N, Groner Y. Mech Dev. 2001 Dec;109(2):413-7. Tcf3 and Lef1 regulate lineage differentiation of multipotent stem cells in skin. Merrill BJ, Gat U, DasGupta R, Fuchs E. Genes Dev. 2001 Jul 1;15(13):1688-705. A common human skin tumour is caused by activating mutations in beta-catenin. Chan EF, Gat U, McNiff JM, Fuchs E. Nat Genet. 1999 Apr;21(4):410-3. De Novo hair follicle morphogenesis and hair tumors in mice expressing a truncated beta-catenin in skin. Gat U, DasGupta R, Degenstein L, Fuchs E. Cell. 1998 Nov 25;95(5):605-14. |