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National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR)
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Basic Science Building, Room 1000
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
Dept. Code 0608
La Jolla, CA 92093-0608 USA
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Publications 2002

The multidisciplinary work of NCMIR researchers and their collaborators have been published in a variety of journals and presented in local, national, and international forums.

Articles

  1. Berg DK and Conroy WG, (2002) Nicotinic alpha 7 receptors: synaptic options and downstream signaling in neurons. J Neurobiol 53: 512-23.
  2. Blower MD, Sullivan BA, and Karpen GH, (2002) Conserved organization of centromeric chromatin in flies and humans. Dev Cell 2: 319-30
  3. Bushong EA, Martone ME, Jones YZ, and Ellisman MH, (2002) Protoplasmic astrocytes in CA1 stratum radiatum occupy separate anatomical domains. J Neurosci 22: 183-92
  4. Fernandez JJ, Lawrence AF, Roca J, Garcia I, Ellisman MH, and Carazo JM, (2002) High-performance electron tomography of complex biological specimens. J Struct Biol 138: 6-20
  5. Frey TG, Renken CW, and Perkins GA, (2002) Insight into mitochondrial structure and function from electron tomography. Biochim Biophys Acta 1555: 196-203
  6. Gaietta G, Deerinck TJ, Adams SR, Bouwer J, Tour O, Laird DW, Sosinsky GE, Tsien RY, and Ellisman MH, (2002) Multicolor and electron microscopic imaging of connexin trafficking. Science 296: 503-7
  7. Gustafsson JS, Birinyi A, Crum J, Ellisman M, Brodin L, and Shupliakov O, (2002) Ultrastructural organization of lamprey reticulospinal synapses in three dimensions. J Comp Neurol 450: 167-82
  8. Hand GM, Muller DJ, Nicholson BJ, Engel A, and Sosinsky GE, (2002) Isolation and characterization of gap junctions from tissue culture cells. J Mol Biol 315: 587-600
  9. Hansen SB, Radic Z, Talley TT, Molles BE, Deerinck T, Tsigelny I, Taylor P (2002) Tryptophan fluorescence reveals conformational changes in the acetylcholine binding protein. J Biol Chem 277:167-182.
  10. Heffernan N, Cella D, Webster K, Odom L, Martone M, Passik S, Bookbinder M, Fong Y, Jarnagin W, Blumgart L (2002) Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with hepatobiliary cancers: the functional assessment of cancer therapy-hepatobiliary questionnaire. J Clin Oncol 20:2229-2239.
  11. Kuwana T, Mackey MR, Perkins G, Ellisman MH, Latterich M, Schneiter R, Green DR, and Newmeyer DD, (2002) Bid, Bax, and lipids cooperate to form supramolecular openings in the outer mitochondrial membrane. Cell 111: 331-42
  12. Lenzi D, Crum J, Ellisman MH, and Roberts WM, (2002) Depolarization redistributes synaptic membrane and creates a gradient of vesicles on the synaptic body at a ribbon synapse. Neuron 36: 649-59
  13. Martone ME, Ellisman MH (2002) The Neuron. In: Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (Ramachandran V, ed), pp 507-524. San Diego: Academic Press.
  14. Martone ME, Gupta A, Ludascher B, Zaslavsky I, Ellisman MH (2002) Federation of Brain Data. In: Neuroscience Databases: A Practical Guide (R Kotter K, ed), pp 275-291. New York.
  15. Martone ME, Gupta A, Wong M, Qian X, Sosinsky G, Ludascher B, and Ellisman MH, (2002) A cell-centered database for electron tomographic data. J Struct Biol 138: 145-55
  16. Mercier F, Kitasako JT, and Hatton GI, (2002) Anatomy of the brain neurogenic zones revisited: fractones and the fibroblast/macrophage network. J Comp Neurol 451: 170-88
  17. Miller S, Yasuda M, Coats JK, Jones Y, Martone ME, and Mayford M, (2002) Disruption of dendritic translation of CaMKIIalpha impairs stabilization of synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. Neuron 36: 507-19
  18. Mock J, Barbic M, Smith D, Schultz D, and Schultz S, (2002) Shape effects in plasmon resonance of individual colloidal silver nanoparticles. J Chemical Physics. 116: 6755-9
  19. Mock J, Oldenburg S, Smith D, Schultz D, and Schultz S, (2002) Composite plasmon resonant nanowires. Nano Letters. 2: 465-9
  20. Moisan T, Ellisman M, Buitenhuys C, and Sosinsky G, (2002) Large Scale Changes in Three-Dimensional Chloroplast Structure and Absorption Properties of Phaeocystis antarctica under Light Limitation. J Phycol. submitted:
  21. Muller DJ, Hand GM, Engel A, and Sosinsky GE, (2002) Conformational changes in surface structures of isolated connexin 26 gap junctions. Embo J 21: 3598-607
  22. Ozaita A, Martone ME, Ellisman MH, and Rudy B, (2002) Differential subcellular localization of the two alternatively spliced isoforms of the Kv3.1 potassium channel subunit in brain. J Neurophysiol 88: 394-408
  23. Price DL, Ludwig JW, Mi H, Schwarz TL, and Ellisman MH, (2002) Distribution of rSlo Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels in rat astrocyte perivascular endfeet. Brain Res 956: 183-93
  24. Renken C, Siragusa G, Perkins G, Washington L, Nulton J, Salamon P, and Frey TG, (2002) A thermodynamic model describing the nature of the crista junction: a structural motif in the mitochondrion. J Struct Biol 138: 137-44
  25. Rodrigues JC, Attias M, Rodriguez C, Urbina JA, and Souza W, (2002) Ultrastructural and biochemical alterations induced by 22,26-azasterol, a delta(24(25))-sterol methyltransferase inhibitor, on promastigote and amastigote forms of Leishmania amazonensis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46: 487-99
  26. Ryoke T, Gu Y, Ikeda Y, Martone ME, Oh SS, Jeon ES, Knowlton KU, and Ross J, Jr., (2002) Apoptosis and oncosis in the early progression of left ventricular dysfunction in the cardiomyopathic hamster. Basic Res Cardiol 97: 65-75
  27. Shoop RD, Esquenazi E, Yamada N, Ellisman MH, and Berg DK, (2002) Ultrastructure of a somatic spine mat for nicotinic signaling in neurons. J Neurosci 22: 748-56
  28. Stuiver I, Brassard J, Ruggeri Z, Klier G, and Sosinsky G, (2002) Conformational and functional changes induced by divalent cations in B3 integrins. Biochemistry submitted:
  29. Uchino H, Minamikawa-Tachino R, Kristian T, Perkins G, Narazaki M, Siesjo BK, and Shibasaki F, (2002) Differential neuroprotection by cyclosporin A and FK506 following ischemia corresponds with differing abilities to inhibit calcineurin and the mitochondrial permeability transition. Neurobiol Dis 10: 219-33
  30. Wiseman PW, Capani F, Squier JA, and Martone ME, (2002) Counting dendritic spines in brain tissue slices by image correlation spectroscopy analysis. J Microsc 205: 177-86
  31. Xia B, Hoyte K, Kammesheidt A, Deerinck T, Ellisman M, and Martin PT, (2002) Overexpression of the CT GalNAc transferase in skeletal muscle alters myofiber growth, neuromuscular structure, and laminin expression. Dev Biol 242: 58-73
  32. Yoshida K, Mori H, Shimojo S, Kadobayashi Y, Akiyama T, and Ellisman M, (2002) Design of a remote operation system for trans-pacific microscopy via international advanced networks. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) 51(Supplement): S253-S257

Abstracts

  1. Akiyama, T., Shimojo, S.,Nishio, S., Kitatsuji, Y., Peltier, S., Hutton, T., Lin, , F.-P. (2002) Telecontrol of ultra-high voltage electron microscopy over global IPv6 network. SAINT2003 IPv6 Workshop.
  2. Fernandez, J.J., Bilbao-Castro, J.R., Roca, J., Ellisman, M.H., Zapata, E.L., Garcia, I., J.M. Carazo (2002) Computacion Paralela y Distribuida en Reconstruccion Tomografica de Especimenes Biologicos. Proceedings of the Spanish National Workshop on Parallel Computing, Vol. I, pp. 257-262.
  3. Fox, D.A., Perkins, G.A., and He, L. (2002) Bcl-xL overexpression protects against divalent cation-induced retinal degeneration: A mitochondrial site of action. United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Symposium. Dallas, TX, June, 2002.
  4. Fox, DA, Perkins, GA, He, L, Poblenz, AT, Ellisman, MH, and Harris, JB (2002) Bcl-xL overexpression blocks apoptosis and contact site formation in retinas of lead-exposed mice. Keystone Conference on Mitochondria and Pathogenesis, Colorado, Mar. 2002.
  5. Frey, T.G., Renken, C.W., and Perkins, G.A. Insight into mitochondrial structure and function from electron tomography. European Bioenergetics Conference, Arcachon, France, Sept. 2002.
  6. Hillagas, B., Yuan , J. and Keller , S.H. (2002) Roles of amino acid trafficking signals in the assembly and trafficking of ion channel proteins. Trafficking of Transporters Meeting, Society of General Physiology.
  7. Keller, S.H., Platoshyn, O., Yuan, J. (2002). Characterization of the post-Golgi localization of human ether-a-go-go (HERG) potassium channel. American Heart Association Annual Meeting.
  8. Kristian, T., Perkins, G., Sane, L., Schuh, RA. and Fiskum, G. (2002) Immediate reperfusion induced cytochrome C release from forebrain mitochondria following transient cerebral ischemia. Society for Neurosciences Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  9. Martone, M.E., Gupta, A., Qian, X., Wong, M., Zhang, S., Ludaescher, B., Zaslavsky, I., Martinez-Price , D. and Ellisman, MH.(2002) The cell-centered database: An online resource for high resolution cell level data. Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr.
  10. Martone, M.E., Yamada, N., Deerinck, T.J., Chow, S., Peltier, S., Ellisman, M.H. (2002) Multiscale imaging of cells of the nervous system by correlated large field 3D light microscopy and 3D IVEM and UHVEM. International Congress Electron Microscopy - 15 Durban. 157.
  11. Peltier, S., Martone, ME., Lamont, S., Lin, A., Lee, D., Molina, T., Dai, L., Wong, M., Mock, S., Ellisman, MH. (2002) The Telescience Portal for advanced tomography applications. International Congress Electron Microscopyt - 15 Durban. 241.
  12. Peltier, S., Martone, ME., Lamont, S., Lin, A., Lee, D., Molina, T., Dai, L., Wong, M., Mock, S., Ellisman, MH. (2002) The Telescience Portal for advanced tomography applications. Japanese Society for Electron Microscopy.
  13. Peltier, S., Martone, ME., Lamont, S., Lin, A., Lee, D., Molina, T., Dai, L., Wong, M., Mock, S., Ellisman, MH. (2002) The Telescience Portal for advanced tomography applications. Workshop on Advanced Collaborative Environments - Edinburgh, Scotland
  14. Perkins, G.A., He, L., Fox, D.A., and Ellisman, M.H. (2002) Bcl-xL overexpression blocks apoptosis and contact site formation in retinas of lead-exposed mice. San Diego Cell Biology Meeting, La Jolla, CA, April, 2002.
  15. Shupliakov, O., Masich, S., Crum, J., Ellisman., M. (2002) Clathrin shell of the coated synaptic vesicle. Abs. 15th Int. Congress for Electron Microscopy.
  16. Sosinsky, GE. (2002) The nuts and bolts of electron tomography: Imaging of big and messy biological structures. Microsc. Microanal.
  17. Sosinsky, GE., Deerinck, TJ., Buitenhuys, CH., Bartol, TJ. and Ellisman, MH. (2002) Three-dimensional reconstruction of the node of ranvier: Structure and use in modeling of ionic transmission. Mol.Biol. Cell.
  18. Perkins GA, L He, A T Poblenz, D A Fox (2002) Three-dimensional reconstructions of rod mitochondria after lead-induced apoptosis reveal an increase in contact sites that is blocked by Bcl-xl overexpression. Society of Toxicology Meeting, Nashville, TN, Mar. 2002.
  19. Fox DA, G A Perkins, L He, A T Poblenz, M H Ellisman and J B Harris.(2002) Bcl-xL inhibits lead-induced rod photoreceptor apoptosis by blocking the increase in mitochondrial contact sites. Society of Toxicology Meeting, Nashville, TN, Mar. 2002.
  20. Fredrickson, J. Environmental sensing, metabolic response and regulatory networks in the respiratory versatile bacterism Shewanella oneidensis Mr-1. 2002. US-Japan Joint Workshop on the Systems Biology of Useful Microorganisms. September 16-18, Keio University, Japan.
  21. Toni, N., Bushong, E., Enhung-Teng , M., Jones, Y., Praag, HV., Ellisman, MH., Gage, FH. Ultrastructural study of adult neurogenesis in the mouse hippocampus. Annual meeting of the American Society for Neurosciences, Orlando Nov. 2002.
  22. JJ Fernandez, AF Lawrence, J Roca, I Garcia, MH Ellisman, JM Carazo High performance computing in electron microscope tomography of complex biological structures. Proceedings of the 5th international meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2002). Porto, Portugal. June 26-28, 2002. Volume I, pp. 3-16.
  23. S. H. Keller, O. Platoshyn, J. Yuan. 2002. Characterization of the post-Golgi localization of human ether-a-go-go (HERG) potassium channel. American Heart Association Annual Meeting.
  24. Hillagas B, Yuan J, Keller SH (2002) Roles of Amino Acid Trafficking Signals in the Assembly and Trafficking of Ion Channel Proteins. Trafficking of Transporters Meeting 2002, Society of General Physiology.
  25. Esquenazi E, Coggan J, Bartol TM, Shoop R, Sejnowski TJ, Ellisman MH, Berg D Computer Simulation of Synaptic Ultrastructure and Microphysiology in the Chick Ciliary Ganglion.

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