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Patel PH, Wilkinson EC, Starke EL, McGimsey MR, Blankenship JT, Barbee SA. Vps54 regulates Drosophila neuromuscular junction development and ineracts genetically with Rab7 to control composition of the postsynaptic density. Biol Open. 2020. Aug 25; 9(8). Pubmed
Ryan SM, Wildman K, Oceguera-Perez B, Barbee S, Mortimer NT, Vrailas-Mortimer AD. Evolutionarily conserved transcription factors drive the oxidative stress response in Drosophila. J Exp Biol. 2020. Jul 20; 223(Pt 14). Pubmed
Alhalwani AY, Davey RL, Kaul N, Barbee SA, Huffman JA. Modification of lactoferrin by peroxynitrite reduces its antibacterial activity and changes protein structure. Proteins. 2020; Jan;88(1):166-174. 1-9. Pubmed
Nesler KR, Starke EL, Boin NG, Ritz M, Barbee SA. Control of activity dependent axon terminal growth by presynaptic CamKII. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2016 Aug 24; 76:33-41. Pubmed
Patel PH, Barbee SA, Blankenship TB. GW-bodies and P-bodies constitute two separate pools of sequestered non-translating RNAs. PLoS ONE 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150291. Pubmed
Nesler KR, Sand RI, Symmes BA, Pradhan SJ, Boin NG, Laun AE, Barbee SA. The miRNA pathway controls rapid activity-dependant changes in synaptic structure at the Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junction. PLoS ONE 2013 Jul 2; 8(7):e68385. Pubmed
Pradhan SJ, Nesler KR, Rosen SF, Kato Y, Nakamura A, Ramaswami M, Barbee SA. The conserved P body component HPat/Pat1 negatively regulates synaptic terminal growth at the larval Drosophila neuromuscular junction. J Cell Sci. 2012 Dec 15; 125(24):6105-16. Pubmed
Hillebrand J, Pan K, Kokaram A, Barbee S, Parker R and Ramaswami M. The Me31B DEAD-box helicase localizes to postsynaptic foci and regulates expression of a CaMKII reporter mRNA in dendrites of Drosophila olfactory projection neurons. Front Neural Circuits 2010 Nov 3; 4:121. Pubmed
Cziko A-M, McCann CT, Howlett IC, Barbee SA, Duncan R, Luedemann R, Zarnescu D, Zinsmaier KE, Parker RR, Ramaswami M. Genetic modifiers of dFMR1 encode RNA granule components in Drosophila. Genetics 2009 Aug; 182(4):1051-60. Pubmed
Kwak JE, Drier E, Barbee SA, Ramaswami M, Yin JCP, Wickens M. GLD2 poly(A) polymerase is specifically required for long-term memory. PNAS 2008 Sept 23; 105(38):14644-49. Pubmed
Satterlee J, Barbee S, Jin P, Krichevsky A, Salama S, Schratt G, Wu D-Y (2007). Non-coding RNAs in the brain. J Neurosci. Oct 31; 27(44):11856-9. Pubmed
Hillebrand J*, Barbee SA*, Ramaswami M (2007). P-body components, microRNA regulation, and synaptic plasticity. ScientificWorldJournal Nov 2; 7:178-90. * Co-first authors. Pubmed
Barbee SA, Estes PS, Cziko A-M, Hillebrand J, Luedeman RA, Coller JM, Johnson N, Howlett IC, Geng C, Ueda R, Brand AH, Newbury SF, Wilhelm JE, Levine RB, Nakamura A, Parker R, Ramaswami M. Staufen- and FMRP-containing neuronal RNPs are structurally and functionally related to somatic P-bodies. Neuron 2006 Dec 21; 52(6):997-1009. Pubmed
Barbee SA, Evans TC. The Sm proteins regulate germ cell specification during early C. elegans embryogenesis. Dev Biol. 2006 Mar 1; 291(1):132-143. Pubmed
Barbee SA, Lublin AL, Evans TC. A novel function for the Sm proteins in germ granule localization during C. elegans embryogenesis. Curr Biol. 2002 Sep 3; 12(17):1502-06. Pubmed