Genetics and genomics of neural wiring

Marta Morey

Publications


Selected Publications

Fernández-Pineda A, Monge-Asensio M, Rios M, Morey M. The Cytoplasmic LIM Domain Protein Espinas Contributes to Photoreceptor Layer Selection in the Visual System. Biology (Basel). 2020 Dec 14;9(12):466. doi: 10.3390/biology9120466.

Plazaola-Sasieta H, Zhu Q, Gaitan-Penas H, Rios M, Estevez R, Morey M. Drosophila ClC-a is required in glia of the stem cell niche for proper neurogenic proliferation and wiring of neural circuits. Glia. 2019 Dec;67(12):2374-2398. doi: 10.1002/glia.23691. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Sarin S, Zuniga-Sanchez E, Kurmangaliyev YZ, Cousins H, Patel M, Hernandez J, Zhang KX, Samuel MA, Morey M, Sanes JR, Zipursky SL. Role for Wnt Signaling in Retinal Neuropil Development: Analysis via RNA-Seq and In Vivo Somatic CRISPR Mutagenesis. Neuron. 2018 Apr 4;98(1):109-126.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

Plazaola-Sasieta H, Fernández-Pineda A, Zhu Q, Morey M. Untangling the wiring of the Drosophila visual system: developmental principles and molecular strategies. J Neurogenet. 2017 Dec;31(4):231-249. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2017.1391249. Epub 2017 Oct 27

Morey M. "Transcriptional profiling of identified circuit elements in invertebrates" Book Chapter in "Decoding Neural Circuit Structure and Function – Cellular Dissection using Genetic Model Organisms". Springer International Publishing AG, 2017, pp:469-506. ISBN: 978-3-319-57362-5

Morey M. Dpr-DIP matching expression in Drosophila synaptic pairs. Fly (Austin). 2017 Jan 2;11(1):19-26. doi: 10.1080/19336934.2016.1214784. Epub 2016 Jul 22.

Tan L, Zhang KX, Pecot MY, Nagarkar-Jaiswal S, Lee PT, Takemura SY, McEwen JM, Nern A, Xu S, Tadros W, Chen Z, Zinn K, Bellen HJ, Morey M*, Zipursky SL*. Ig Superfamily Ligand and Receptor Pairs Expressed in Synaptic Partners in Drosophila. Cell. 2015 Dec 17;163(7):1756-69. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.021.

Pappu KS, Morey M, Nern A, Spitzweck B, Dickson BJ, Zipursky SL. Robo-3--mediated repulsive interactions guide R8 axons during Drosophila visual system development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 3;108(18):7571-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1103419108. Epub 2011 Apr 13.

Morey M*, Yee SK*, Herman T, Nern A, Blanco E, Zipursky SL. Coordinate control of synaptic-layer specificity and rhodopsins in photoreceptor neurons. Nature. 2008 Dec 11;456(7223):795-9. doi: 10.1038/nature07419.

Morey M, Corominas M, Serras F. DIAP1 suppresses ROS-induced apoptosis caused by impairment of the selD/sps1 homolog in Drosophila. J Cell Sci. 2003 Nov 15;116(Pt 22):4597-604.

Morey M, Corominas M, Serras F. DIAP1 suppresses ROS-induced apoptosis caused by impairment of the selD/sps1 homolog in Drosophila. J Cell Sci. 2003 Nov 15;116(Pt 22):4597-604.

Morey M, Serras F, Corominas M. Halving the selenophosphate synthetase gene dose confers hypersensitivity to oxidative stress in Drosophila melanogaster. FEBS Lett. 2003 Jan 16;534(1-3):111-4.

Morey M, Serras F, Baguñà J, Hafen E, Corominas M. Modulation of the Ras/MAPK signalling pathway by the redox function of selenoproteins in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev Biol. 2001 Oct 1;238(1):145-56.

Castellano S, Morozova N, Morey M, Berry MJ, Serras F, Corominas M, Guigó R. In silico identification of novel selenoproteins in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. EMBO Rep. 2001 Aug;2(8):697-702.

Serras F, Morey M, Alsina B, Baguñà J, Corominas M. The Drosophila selenophosphate synthetase (selD) gene is required for development and cell proliferation. Biofactors. 2001;14(1-4):143-9.