Publications

Please link to PubMed for an up-to-date list of all publications.

From Boston College:

1: Perillo M, Folker ES. Specialized Positioning of Myonuclei Near Cell-Cell Junctions. Front Physiol. 2018 Nov 1;9:1531.
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01531

2: Auld AL, Collins MA, Mandigo TR, Folker ES. High-Resolution Imaging Methods to Analyze LINC Complex Function During Drosophila Muscle Development. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1840:181-203.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8691-0_14

3: Mandigo TR, Folker ES. A Touch from Myofibroblasts Puts the Squeeze on Myonuclei. Dev Cell. 2018 Jul 2;46(1):3-4.
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.06.009

4: Camuglia JM*, Mandigo TR*, Moschella R, Mark J, Hudson CH, Sheen D, Folker ES. An RNAi based screen in Drosophila larvae identifies fascin as a regulator of myoblast fusion and myotendinous junction structure. Skeletal Muscle. 2018 Apr 6;8(12):1-13.
DOI: 10.1186/s13395-018-0159-9

5: Auld AL, Roberts SA, Murphy CB, Camuglia JM, Folker ES. Aplip1 (Drosophila JIP1) regulates myonuclear positioning and muscle stability. J Cell Sci. 2018 Mar 16;131(6):1-14.
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.205807

6: Collins MA*, Mandigo TR*, Camuglia JM, Vazquez GA, Anderson AJ, Hudson CH, Hanron JL, Folker ES. Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy-linked genes and Centronuclear myopathy-linked genes regulate myonuclear movement by different mechanisms. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 15;28(17):2303-2317.
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E16-10-0721

7: Auld AL, Folker ES. Nucleus-dependent sarcomere assembly is mediated by the LINC complex. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 Aug 1;27(15):2351-2359.
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E16-01-0021

8: Navarro AP, Collins MA, Folker ES. The nucleus is a conserved mechanosensation and mechanoresponse organelle. Cytoskeleton. 2016 Feb;73(2):59-67.
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21277

From Sloan-Kettering Institute:

9: Azevedo M, Schulman VK, Folker E, Balakrishnan M, Baylies M. Imaging Approaches to Investigate Myonuclear Positioning in Drosophila. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1411:291-312.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3530-7_19

10: Schulman VK, Folker ES, Rosen JN, Baylies MK. Syd/JIP3 and JNK signaling are required for myonuclear positioning and muscle function. PLoS Genet. 2014 Dec 18;10(12):e1004880.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004880

11: Folker ES, Baylies MK. Nuclear positioning in muscle development and disease. Front Physiol. 2013 Dec 12;4:363.
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00363

12: Folker ES, Schulman VK, Baylies MK. Translocating myonuclei have distinct leading and lagging edges that require kinesin and dynein. Development. 2014 Jan;141(2):355-66.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095612

13: Schulman VK, Folker ES, Baylies MK. A method for reversible drug delivery to internal tissues of Drosophila embryos. Fly (Austin). 2013 Jul-Sep;7(3):193-203.
DOI: 10.4161/fly.25438

14: Folker ES, Schulman VK, Baylies MK. Muscle length and myonuclear position are independently regulated by distinct Dynein pathways. Development. 2012 Oct;139(20):3827-37.
DOI: 10.1242/dev.079178

15: Metzger T, Gache V, Xu M, Cadot B, Folker ES, Richardson BE, Gomes ER, Baylies MK. MAP and kinesin-dependent nuclear positioning is required for skeletal muscle function. Nature. 2012 Mar 18;484(7392):120-4.
DOI: 10.1038/nature10914

From Columbia University:

16: Chang W, Folker ES, Worman HJ, Gundersen GG. Emerin organizes actin flow for nuclear movement and centrosome orientation in migrating fibroblasts. Mol Biol Cell. 2013 Dec;24(24):3869-80.
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E13-06-0307

17: Luxton GW, Gomes ER, Folker ES, Worman HJ, Gundersen GG. TAN lines: a novel nuclear envelope structure involved in nuclear positioning. Nucleus. 2011 May-Jun;2(3):173-81
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.2.3.16243

18: Folker ES, Ostlund C, Luxton GW, Worman HJ, Gundersen GG. Lamin A variants that cause striated muscle disease are defective in anchoring transmembrane actin-associated nuclear lines for nuclear movement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jan 4;108(1):131-6.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000824108

19: Luxton GW, Gomes ER, Folker ES, Vintinner E, Gundersen GG. Linear arrays of nuclear envelope proteins harness retrograde actin flow for nuclear movement. Science. 2010 Aug 20;329(5994):956-9.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189072

20: Ostlund C, Folker ES, Choi JC, Gomes ER, Gundersen GG, Worman HJ. Dynamics and molecular interactions of linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex proteins. J Cell Sci. 2009 Nov 15;122:4099-108.
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.057075

From University of Notre Dame:

21: Zhu ZC, Gupta KK, Slabbekoorn AR, Paulson BA, Folker ES, Goodson HV. Interactions between EB1 and microtubules: dramatic effect of affinity tags and evidence for cooperative behavior. J Biol Chem. 2009 Nov 20;284(47):32651-61.
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M109.013466

22: Gupta KK, Paulson BA, Folker ES, Charlebois B, Hunt AJ, Goodson HV. Minimal plus-end tracking unit of the cytoplasmic linker protein CLIP-170. J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 13;284(11):6735-42.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M807675200

23: Goodson HV, Folker ES. CLASPing the cell cortex. Dev Cell. 2006 Jul;11(1):4-5.
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.06.011

24: Folker ES, Baker BM, Goodson HV. Interactions between CLIP-170, tubulin, and microtubules: implications for the mechanism of Clip-170 plus-end tracking behavior. Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Nov;16(11):5373-84.
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-12-1106