Lee, N.S., Kim, J.S., Cho, W.J., Lee, M.Y., Steiner, R., Gompers, A., Ling, D., Zhang, J., Saetrom, P., Behlke, M., Moon, S.H., Salvaterra, P.M., Jove, R., and Kim, K.S. (2008). miR-302b maintains “stemness” of human embryonal carcinoma cells by post-transcriptional regulation of cyclin D2 expression. BBRC (in press)

Lee, N.S., Kim, D.H., Alluin, J., Robbins, M., Gu, S., Li, H., Kim, J., Salvaterra, P.M., and Rossi, J.J. (2008). Functional and intracellular localization properties of U6 promoter-expressed siRNAs, shRNAs, and chimeric VA1 shRNAs in mammalian cells. RNA 14: 1823-1833.

Lin, D., Najbauer, J., Salvaterra, P.M., Mamelak, A.N., Barish, M.E., Garcia, E., Metz, M.Z., Kendall, S.E., Bowers, M., Kateb, B., Kim, S.U., Johnson, M., and Aboody, K.S., (2007) Novel method for visualizing and modeling the spatial distribution of neural stem cells within intracranial glioma. J NeuroImage. 37 Suppl 1:S18-26.

Salvaterra, P.M. (2006) Genetics of cholinergic neurons. In: The Brain Cholinergic System (ed. Giacobini and Pepeu) p.19-31. Taylor and Francis Medical Books, Oxon, U.K.

Langlois MA, Boniface C, Wang G, Alluin J, Salvaterra PM, Puymirat J, Rossi JJ, Lee NS (2005) Cytoplasmic and nuclear retained DMPK mRNAs are targets for RNAi in myotonic dystrophy cells. J Biol Chem. 280:16949-16954.

Paul, S. M., Ternet, M., Salvaterra, P. M., and Beitel, G. J. (2003). The Na+/K+ ATPase is required for septate junction function and epithelial tube-size control in the Drosophila tracheal system. Development 130:4963-4974.

Younossi-Hartenstein A., Salvaterra P.M., Hartenstein V. (2003) Early development of the Drosophila brain: IV. Larval neuropile compartments defined by glial septa. J. Comp. Neurol. 455:435-50.

Baines, R.A., Seugnet, L., Thompson, A., Salvaterra P.M., and Bate, M. (2002) Regulation of synaptic connectivity: levels of Fasciclin II influence synaptic growth in the Drosophila CNS. J. Neurosci. 22:6587-6595.

Lee, M-H. and Salvaterra, P.M. (2002) Abnormal chemosensory jump 6 is a positive transcriptional regulator of the cholinergic gene locus in Drosophila olfactory neurons. J. Neurosci. 22:5291-5299.

Sun, B., Xu, P., Wang, W., and Salvaterra, P.M. (2001) In vivo modification of Na+,K+-ATPase activity in Drosophila. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 130:521-536.

Salvaterra, P.M. and Kitamoto, T. (2001) Drosophila cholinergic neurons and processes visualized with Gal4/UAS-GFP. Gene Exp. Patterns 1:73-82.

Wittmann, C.W., Wszolek, M.F., Shulman, J.M., Salvaterra, P.M., Lewis, J., Hutton, M., and Feany, M.B. (2001) Tauopathy in Drosophila: neurodegeneration without neurofibrillary tangles. Science 293:711-714.

Kitamoto, T., Xie, X., Wu, C-F., and Salvaterra, P.M. (2000) Isolation and characterization of mutants for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter gene in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurobio. 42:161-171.

Xu, P., Sun, B., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1999) Organization and transcriptional regulation of Drosophila Na+, K+-ATPase b subunit genes: Nrv1 and Nrv2. Gene 236:303-313.

Sun, B., Xu, P., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1999) Dynamic visualization of nervous system in live Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:10438-10443.

Wang, W., Kitamoto, T., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1999) Drosophila choline acetyltransferase temperature-sensitive mutants. Neurochem. Res. 24:1081-1087.

Yasuyama, K. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1999) Localization of choline acetyltransferase-expressing neurons in Drosophila nervous system. Microsc. Res. Tech. 45:65-79.

Sun, B., Wang, W., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1998) Functional analysis and tissue-specific expression of Drosophila Na+,K+-ATPase subunits. J. Neurochem. 71:142-151.

Kitamoto, T., Wang, W., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1998) Structure and organization of the Drosophila cholinergic locus. J. Biol. Chem. 273:2706-2713.

Wang, W., Salvaterra, P.M., Loera S., and Chiu, A.Y. (1997) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor spares choline acetyltransferase mRNA following axotomy of motor neurons in vivo. J. Neurosci. Res. 47:134-143.

Takagawa, K., and Salvaterra, P. (1996) Analysis of choline acetyltransferase protein in temperature sensitive mutant flies using newly generated monoclonal antibody. Neurosci Res 24:237-243.

Yasuyama, K., Kitamoto, T. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1996) Differential regulation of choline acetyltransferase expression in adult Drosophila melanogaster brain. J. Neurobiol. 30:205-218.

Yasuyama, K., Kitamoto, T., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1995) Localization of choline acetyltransferase-expressing neurons in the larval visual system of Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res. 282:193-202.

Kitamoto, T., Ikeda, K., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1995) Regulation of choline acetyltransferase/lacZ fusion gene expression in putative cholinergic neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurobiol. 28:70-81.

Yasuyama, K., Kitamoto, T., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1995) Immunocytochemical study of choline acetyltransferase in Drosophila melanogaster: an analysis of cis-regulatory regions controlling expression in the brain of cDNA-transformed flies. J. Comp. Neurol. 361:25-37.

Sun, B. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1995) Two Drosophila nervous system antigens, Nervana 1 and 2, are homologous to the ß-subunit of Na+,K+-ATPase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:5396-5400.

Kitamoto, T. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1995) A POU homeo domain protein related to dPOU-19/pdm-1 binds to the regulatory DNA necessary for vital expression of the Drosophila choline acetyltransferase gene. J. Neurosci. 15:3509-3518.

Fisher, L.J., Schinstine, M., Salvaterra, P., Dekker, A.J., Thal, L., and Gage, F.H. (1993) In vivo production and release of acetylcholine from primary fibroblasts genetically modified to express choline acetyltransferase. J. Neurochem. 61:1323-1332.

Salvaterra, P.M., Kitamoto, T., and Ikeda, K. (1993) Molecular genetic specification of cholinergic neurons. Prog. Brain Res. 98:167-173.

Mori, N., Tajima, Y., Sakaguchi, H., Vandenbergh, D.J., Nawa, H., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1993) Partial cloning of the rat choline acetyltransferase gene and in situ localization of its transcripts in the cell body of cholinergic neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 17:101-111.

Kitamoto, T. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1993) Developmental regulatory elements in the 5' flanking DNA of the Drosophila choline acetyltransferase gene. Roux's Arch. Dev. Biol. 202:159-169.

Kitamoto, T., Ikeda, K., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1992) Analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the 5' flanking region of the Drosophila melanogaster choline acetyltransferase gene. J. Neurosci. 12:1628-1639.

Sugihara, H., Andrisani, V., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1991) Genomic organization of Drosophila choline acetyltransferase. J. Neurochem. 57:1636-1642.

Sugihara, H., Andrisani, V., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1990) Drosophila choline acetyltransferase uses a non-AUG initiation codon and full length RNA is inefficiently translated. J. Biol. Chem. 265:21714-21719.

Tajima, Y. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1990) Sequence of choline acetyltransferase temperature-sensitive mutants determined by the polymerase chain reaction. Neuroscience 39:245-250.

Barber, R.P., Sugihara, H., Lee, M., Vaughn, J.E., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1989) Localization of Drosophila neurons that contain choline acetyltransferase messenger RNA: an in situ hybridization study. J. Comp. Neurol. 280:533-543.

Ikeda, K. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1989) Immunocytochemical study of a temperature-sensitive choline acetyltransferase mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Comp. Neurol. 280:283-290.

Muñoz-Maines, V.J., Slemmon, J.R., Panicker, M.M., Neighbor, N., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1988) Production of polyclonal antisera to choline acetyltransferase using a fusion protein produced by a cDNA clone. J. Neurochem. 50:167-175.

Mori, N., Itoh, N., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1987) Evolutionary origin of cholinergic macromolecules and thyroglobulin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:2813-2817.

Salvaterra, P. M., Bournias-Vardiabasis, N., Nair, T., Hou, G., and Lieu, C. (1987) In vitro neuronal differentiation of Drosophila embryo cells. J. Neurosci. 7:10-22.

Price, D.L., Kitt, C.A., Hedreen, J.C., Whitehouse, P.J., Struble, R.G., Cork, L.C., Walker, L.C., Mobley, W.C., Crawford, G.D., Salvaterra, P.M., and Wainer, B.H. (1986) Basal forebrain cholinergic systems in primate brain: anatomical organization and role in the pathology of aging and dementia. In: Dynamics of Cholinergic Function (Hanin, I., ed.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 235-242.

Buchner, E., Buchner, S., Crawford, G., Mason, W.T., Salvaterra, P.M., and Sattelle, D.B. (1986) Choline acetyltransferase-like immunoreactivity in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res. 246:57-62.

Itoh, N., Slemmon, J.R., Hawke, D.H., Williamson, R., Morita, E., Itakura, K., Roberts, E., Shively, J.E., Crawford, G.D., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1986) Cloning of Drosophila choline acetyltransferase cDNA. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 83:4081-4085.

Salvaterra, P.M., Crawford, G.D., Klotz, J.L., and Ikeda, K. (1985) Production and use of monoclonal antibodies to biochemically defined insect neuronal antigens. In: Advances in Entymology: Methods in Insect Neurochemistry (Miller, T.A., ed.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 223-242.

Salvaterra, P.M. and McCaman, R.E. (1985) Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholine levels in Drosophila melanogaster: a study using two temperature-sensitive mutants. J. Neurosci. 5:903-910.

Itoh, N., Salvaterra, P., and Itakura, K. (1985) Construction of an adult Drosophila head cDNA expression library with lambda gt11. Drosophila Information Service 61:89.

Houser, C.R., Crawford, G.D., Salvaterra, P.M., and Vaughn, J.E. (1985) Immunocytochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase in rat cerebral cortex: a study of cholinergic neurons and synapses. J. Comp. Neurol. 234:17-34.

Phelps, P.E., Barber, R.P., Houser, C.R., Crawford, G.D., Salvaterra, P.M., and Vaughn, J.E. (1984) Postnatal development of neurons containing choline acetyltransferase in rat spinal cord: an immunocytochemical study. J. Comp. Neurol. 229:347-361.

Barber, R.P., Phelps, P.E., Houser, C.R., Crawford, G.D., Salvaterra, P.M., and Vaughn, J.E. (1984) The morphology and distribution of neurons containing choline acetyltransferase in the adult rat spinal cord: an immunocytochemical study. J. Comp. Neurol. 229:329-346.

Houser, C.R., Crawford, G.D., Barber, R.P., Salvaterra, P.M., and Vaughn, J.E. (1983) Organization and morphological characteristics of cholinergic neurons: an immunocytochemical study with a monoclonal antibody to choline acetyltransferase. Brain Res. 266:97-119.

Hedreen, J.C., Bacon, S.J., Cork, L.C., Kitt, C.A., Crawford, G.D., Salvaterra, P.M., and Price, D.L. (1983) Immunocytochemical identification of cholinergic neurons in the monkey central nervous system using monoclonal antibodies against choline acetyltransferase. Neurosci. Lett. 43:173-177.

Crawford, G.D., Correa, L., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1982) Interaction of monoclonal antibodies with mammalian choline acetyltransferase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79:7031-7035.

Crawford, G., Slemmon, J.R., and Salvaterra, P.M. (1982) Monoclonal antibodies selective for Drosophila melanogaster choline acetyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem. 257:3853-3856.

Slemmon, J.R., Salvaterra, P.M., Crawford, G.D., and Roberts, E. (1982) Purification of choline acetyltransferase from Drosophila melanogaster. J. Biol. Chem. 257:3847-3852.

Ono, J.K. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1981) Snake -toxin effects on cholinergic and noncholinergic responses of Aplysia californica neurons. J. Neurosci. 1:259-270.

Dietz, G.W. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1980) Purification and peptide mapping of rat brain choline acetyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem. 255:10612-10617.

Barber, R.P., Vaughn, J.E., Slemmon, J.R., Salvaterra, P., Roberts, E., and Leeman, S.E. (1979) The origin, distribution and synaptic relationships of substance P axons in rat spinal cord. J. Comp. Neurol. 184:331-351.


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