Recent Publications

2008

Huang CQ, Gasser RB, Cantacessi C, Nisbet AJ, Zhong W, Sternberg PW, Loukas A, Mulvenna J, Lin RQ, Chen N, Zhu XQ. (2008). Genomic-Bioinformatic Analysis of Transcripts Enriched in the Third-Stage Larva of the Parasitic Nematode Ascaris suum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2:e246.
Hallem EA, Sternberg PW. (2008) Acute carbon dioxide avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105:8038-8043.

2007

The Gene Ontology Consortium (2007). The Gene Ontology project in 2008 Nucleic Acids Research doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm883. [Abstract], [Full Text], [PDF]
Green, J. L., Inoue, T. and Sternberg, P. W. (2007). The C. elegans ROR RTK, CAM-1, non-autonomously inhibits the Wnt pathway. Development, 134:4053-4062.
Van Buskirk, C. and Sternberg, P. W. (2007). EGF signaling induces behavioral quiescence in C. elegans. Nature Neuroscience, 10:1300-1307.
Ciche, T.A. and Sternberg P. W. (2007). Postembryonic RNAi in Heterorhabditis bacteriophora: a nematode insect parasite and host for insect pathogenic symbionts. BMC Developmental Biology. 7:101.
Karbowski, J., Schindelman, G.., Cronin, C. J., Seah, A., and Sternberg, P.W. (2007). Systems level circuit model of C. elegans undulatory locomotion: mathematical modeling and molecular genetics. J. Computational Neurosci. 24:253-276.
Zhong W, Sternberg PW. (2007). Automated data integration for developmental biological research. Development. 134:3227-3238.
Inoue T, Ailion M, Poon S, Kim HK, Thomas JH, Sternberg PW. (2007). Genetic analysis of dauer formation in Caenorhabditis briggsae. Genetics. in press
Bieri T, Blasiar D, Ozersky P, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen N, Chen WJ, Davis P, Fiedler TJ, Girard L, Han M, Harris TW, Kishore R, Lee R, McKay S, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Petcherski A, Rangarajan A, Rogers A, Schindelman G, Schwarz EM, Spooner W, Tuli MA, Auken KV, Wang D, Wang X, Williams G, Durbin R, Stein LD, Sternberg PW, Spieth J. (2007). WormBase: new content and better access. Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (Database issue):D506-510.
Girard LR, Fiedler TJ, Harris TW, Carvalho F, Antoshechkin I, Han M, Sternberg PW, Stein LD, Chalfie M. (2007). WormBook: the online review of Caenorhabditis elegans biology. Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (Database issue):D472-475.
Kee, Y., Hwang, B.J., Sternberg, P.W., and Bronner-Fraser, M. (2007). Evolutionary conservation of cell migration genes: from nematode neurons to vertebrate neural crest. Genes & Development 21 :391-396.
Modzelewska, K., Elgort, M. G., Huang, J., Jongeward, G., Lauritzen, A., Yoon, C. H., Sternberg, P. W. and Moghal, N. (2007). An activating mutation in sos-1 identifies its Dbl domain as a critical inhibitor of the EGFR pathway during C. elegans vulval development. Molec. Cell Biol. 27(10):3695-3707.
Antoshechkin, I. and Sternberg, P. W. (2007). C. elegans Community Resources. Nat. Rev. Genetics, in press.
Hallem, E., A., Rengarajan, M., Ciche, T. A. and Sternberg, P.W. (2007). Nematodes, bacteria, and flies: a tripartite model for nematode parasitism. Current Biology 17(10): 898-904.
Fernandes JS and Sternberg PW. The tailless Ortholog nhr-67 Regulates Patterning of Gene Expression and Morphogenesis in the C. elegans Vulva. PloS Genetics 2007, 3:e69. [Full Text]
Hwang BJ, Meruelo AD, Sternberg PW. C. elegans EVI1 proto-oncogene, EGL-43, is necessary for Notch-mediated cell fate specification and regulates cell invasion. Development 2007, 134:669-679.

2006

Feng, Z., Li, W., Ward, A., Piggott, B.J., Larkspur, E.R., Sternberg, P.W., and Xu, X.Z.S. (2006). A C. elegans model of nicotine-dependent behavior: regulation by TRP-family channels. Cell 127: 621-633.
Gupta, B.P., Liu, J., Hwang, B.J., Moghal, N., Sternberg, P.W. (2006). sli-3 negatively regulates the LET-23/epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated vulval induction pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 174(3): 1315-26. Epub 2006 Sep 15.
Girard LR, Fiedler TJ, Harris TW, Carvalho F, Antoshechkin I, Han M, Sternberg PW, Stein LD, Chalfie M. WormBook: the online review of Caenorhabditis elegans biology Nucleic Acids Research 2006, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl894 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Pdf]
Chen D, Muller HM and Sternberg PW. Automatic document classification of biological literature. BMC Bioinformatics 2006, 7:370.
Schindelman G, Whittaker AJ, Thum JY, Gharib S, Sternberg PW. Initiation of male sperm-transfer behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans requires input from the ventral nerve cord. BMC Biol. 2006, 4:26. [ Full Text ]
Karbowski J, Cronin CJ, Seah A, Mendel JE, Cleary D, Sternberg PW. Conservation rules, their breakdown, and optimality in Caenorhabditis sinusoidal locomotion. J Theor Biol. 2006, 242:652-669.
Gonzalez-Serricchio AS, Sternberg PW. Visualization of C. elegans transgenic arrays by GFP. BMC Genet. 2006, 7:36.
Baugh, L. R., and Sternberg, P. W. Insulin/IGF-1 signaling regulates the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor cki-1 and the microRNA lin-4 during C. elegans L1 arrest. Current Biology, 2006, 16:780-785.
Zhong, W. and Sternberg, P.W. Genome-wide prediction of C. elegans genetic interactions. Science., 2006, 311: 1481-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [link to database]
Li, W., Feng, Z., Sternberg, P. W., and Xu, X. Z. S. A C. elegans stretch-sensitive neuron revealed by a mechanosensitive TRP channel homologue. Nature, 2006, 440:684-687.
Giurumescu, C., Sternberg, P. and Asthagiri, A. Intercellular coupling amplifies fate segregation during C. elegans vulval development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 2006, 103: 1331-1336.

2005

Sternberg, P. W., Vulval development (June 25, 2005), WormBook, ed. The C. elegans Research Community, WormBook , doi/10.1895/wormbook.1.6.1. http://www.wormbook.org.
Schwarz EM, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Bieri T, Blasiar D, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen N, Chen WJ, Davis P, Fiedler TJ, Girard L, Harris TW, Kenny EE, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Rogers A, Spooner W, Tuli MA, Van Auken K, Wang D, Durbin R, Spieth J, Stein LD, Sternberg PW. WormBase: better software, richer content. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006, 34(Database issue):D475-D478.
Sherwood DR, Butler JA, Kramer JM, Sternberg PW. FOS-1 promotes basement-membrane removal during anchor-cell invasion in C. elegans. Cell. 2005, 121(6):951-962.
Inoue T, Wang M, Ririe TO, Fernandes JS, Sternberg PW. Transcriptional network underlying Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005, 102(14):4972-4977.
Chen N, Harris TW, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Bieri T, Blasiar D, Bradnam K, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen CK, Chen WJ, Cunningham F, Davis P, Kenny E, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Pai S, Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Rogers A, Sabo A, Schwarz EM, Van Auken K, Wang Q, Durbin R, Spieth J, Sternberg PW, Stein LD. WormBase: a comprehensive data resource for Caenorhabditis biology and genomics. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005, 33(Database issue):D383-D389.
Cronin CJ, Mendel JE, Muhktar S, Kim YM, Stirbl RC, Bruck J, Sternberg PW. An automated system for measuring parameters of nematode sinusoidal movement. BMC Genet. 2005, 6(1):5. link

2004

Inoue T, Oz HS, Wiland D, Gharib S, Deshpande R, Hill RJ, Katz WS, Sternberg PW. C. elegans LIN-18 is a Ryk ortholog and functions in parallel to LIN-17/Frizzled in Wnt signaling. Cell. 2004, 118(6):795-806.
Muller HM, Kenny EE, Sternberg PW. Textpresso: an ontology-based information retrieval and extraction system for biological literature. PLoS Biol. 2004, 2(11):e309. link to Textpresso
Miley, G. R. K., Fantz, D., Glossip, D., Lu, X., Saito, R. M., Inoue, T., Palmer, R. A., van den Heuvel, S., Sternberg, P. W., and Kornfeld, K. Identification of residues of the Caenorhabditis elegans LIN-1 ETS domain that are necessary for DNA binding and regulation of vulval cell fates. Genetics. 2004, 167(4): 1697-1709.
Kariya, K., Bui, Y.K., Gao, X., Sternberg, P.W., and Kataoka, T. Phospholipase Cε regulates ovulation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev. Biol. 2004, 274(1): 201-210.
Whittaker, A. J. and Sternberg, P.W. Sensory processing by neural circuits in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2004, 14(4): 450-456.
Bourbon, H.M., Aguilera, A., Ansari, A.Z., Asturias, F.J., Berk, A.J., Bjorklund, S., Blackwell, T.K., Borggrefe, T., Carey, M., Carlson, M., Conaway, J.W., Conaway, R.C., Emmons, S.W., Fondell, J.D., Freedman, L.P., Fukasawa, T., Gustafsson, C.M., Han, M., He, X., Herman, P.K., Hinnebusch, A.G., Holmberg, S., Holstege, F.C., Jaehning, J.A., Kim, Y.J., Kuras, L., Leutz, A., Lis, J.T., Meisterernest, M., Naar, A.M., Nasmyth, K., Parvin,J.D., Ptashne, M., Reinberg, D., Ronne, H., Sadowski, I., Sakurai, H., Sipiczki, M., Sternberg, P.W., Stillman, D.J., Strich, R, Struhl, K., Svejstrup, J.Q., Tuck, S., Winston, F., Roeder, R.G., Kornberg, R.D. A unified nomenclature for protein subunits of mediator complexes linking transcriptional regulators to RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell 2004, 14(5): 553-557.
Hajdu-Cronin, Y.M., Chen, W.J., and Sternberg, P.W. The L type Cyclin CYL-1 and the Heat Shock Factor HSF-1 are required for heat-shock induced protein expression in C. elegans. Genetics. 2004, 168(4):1937-1949.
Broday, L., Kolotuev, I., Didier, C., Bhoumik, A., Gupta, B. P., Sternberg, P. W., Podbilewicz, B., and Ronai, Z. The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is required for gonadal and uterine-vulval morphogenesis in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 2004, 18(19): 2380-2391.
Teng, Y., Girard, L., Ferreira, H. B., Sternberg, P. W., and Emmons, S. W. Dissection of cis-regulatory elements in the C. elegans Hox gene egl-5 promoter. Devel. Biol. 2004, 276(2):476-492.
Levchenko, A., Bruck, J., Sternberg, P. W. Regulatory modules that generate biphasic signal response in biological systems. Systems Biology. 2004, 1(1), in press.
Feng, Z., Cronin, C. J., Wittig, J. H., Jr., Sternberg, P. W., and Schafer, W. R. An imaging system for standardized quantitative analysis of C. elegans behavior. BMC Bioinformatics 2004, 5: 115.
Bastiani, C. A., Simon, M. I., and Sternberg, P. W. Control of Caenorhabditis elegans behavior and development by G proteins big and small. Cell Signalling in Prokaryotes and Lower Metazoa. 2004, Kluwer Academic Publ., pp 195-242.
Hwang BJ, Muller HM, Sternberg PW. Genome annotation by high-throughput 5' RNA end determination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004, 101:1650-1655.
Sternberg PW. Developmental biology. A pattern of precision. Science. 2004, 303: 637-638.
Harris TW, Chen N, Cunningham F, Tello-Ruiz M, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Bieri T, Blasiar D, Bradnam K, Chan J, Chen CK, Chen WJ, Davis P, Kenny E, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Rogers A, Sabo A, Schwarz EM, Van Auken K, Wang Q, Durbin R, Spieth J, Sternberg PW, Stein LD. WormBase: a multi-species resource for nematode biology and genomics. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32:D411-417.
Hwang BJ, Sternberg PW. A cell-specific enhancer that specifies lin-3 expression in the C. elegans anchor cell for vulval development. Development. 2004, 131:143-151.

2003

Bastiani CA, Gharib S, Simon MI, Sternberg PW. Caenorhabditis elegans Gα(q) Regulates Egg-Laying Behavior via a PLCβ-Independent and Serotonin-Dependent Signaling Pathway and Likely Functions Both in the Nervous System and in Muscle. Genetics. 2003, 165(4):1805-1822.
Yu H, Pretot RF, Burglin TR, Sternberg PW. Distinct roles of transcription factors EGL-46 and DAF-19 in specifying the functionality of a polycystin-expressing sensory neuron necessary for C. elegans male vulva location behavior. Development. 2003, 130: 5217-5227.
Gupta BP, Sternberg PW. The draft genome sequence of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae, a companion to C. elegans. Genome Biol. 2003, 4:238.
Moghal N, Sternberg PW. Extracellular domain determinants of LET-23 (EGF) receptor tyrosine kinase activity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Oncogene. 2003, 22:5471-5480.
Moghal N, Garcia LR, Khan LA, Iwasaki K, Sternberg PW. Modulation of EGF receptor-mediated vulva development by the heterotrimeric G-protein Gαq and excitable cells in C. elegans. Development. 2003, 130:4553-4566.
Xu XZ, Sternberg PW. A C. elegans sperm TRP protein required for sperm-egg interactions during fertilization. Cell. 2003, 114:285-297.
Sherwood DR, Sternberg PW. Anchor cell invasion into the vulval epithelium in C. elegans. Dev Cell. 2003, 5:21-31.
Gupta BP, Wang M, Sternberg PW. The C. elegans LIM homeobox gene lin-11 specifies multiple cell fates during vulval development. Development. 2003, 130:2589-2601.
Kirouac M, Sternberg PW. cis-Regulatory control of three cell fate-specific genes in vulval organogenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae. Dev Biol. 2003, 257:85-103.
Garcia LR, Sternberg PW. Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-103 ERG-like potassium channel regulates contractile behaviors of sex muscles in males before and during mating. J Neurosci. 2003, 23:2696-2705.
Moghal N, Sternberg PW. The epidermal growth factor system in Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp Cell Res. 2003, 284:150-159.
Moghal N, Sternberg PW. A component of the transcriptional mediator complex inhibits RAS-dependent vulval fate specification in C. elegans. Development. 2003, 130:57-69.

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