ZFIN Person: Piatigorsky, Joram

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-030827-3

Piatigorsky, Joram

Email:	joramp@nei.nih.gov
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Address:	Section on Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health 2020 Vision Place Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Phone:	(301) 496-9467
Fax:	(301) 402-0781
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Jia, S., Nakaya, N., and Piatigorsky, J. (2009) Differential expression patterns and developmental roles of duplicated scinderin-like genes in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(10):2633-2640

Jia, S., Omelchenko, M., Garland, D., Vasiliou, V., Kanungo, J., Spencer, M., Wolf, Y., Koonin, E., and Piatigorsky, J. (2007) Duplicated gelsolin family genes in zebrafish: a novel scinderin-like gene (scinla) encodes the major corneal crystallin. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 21(12):3318-3328

Kanungo, J., Swamynathan, S.K., and Piatigorsky, J. (2004) Abundant corneal gelsolin in Zebrafish and the 'four-eyed' fish, Anableps anableps: possible analogy with multifunctional lens crystallins. Experimental Eye Research. 79(6):949-956

Swamynathan, S.K., Crawford, M.A., Robison, Jr., W.G., Kanungo, J., and Piatigorsky, J. (2003) Adaptive differences in the structure and macromolecular compositions of the air and water corneas of the "four-eyed" fish (Anableps anableps). FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 17(14):1996-2005

Kanungo, J., Kozmik, Z., Swamynathan, S.K., and Piatigorsky, J. (2003) Gelsolin is a dorsalizing factor in zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100(6):3287-3292

Kanungo, J. and Piatigorsky, J. (2001) Gelsolin, the major cytoplasmic corneal protein in zebrafish is expressed early in development. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 42(4):2564

Sax, C.M., Kays, W.T., Salamon, C., Chervenak, M.M., Xu, Y.S., and Piatigorsky, J. (2000) Transketolase gene expression in the cornea is influenced by environmental factors and developmentally controlled events. Cornea. 19(6):833-841

Xu, Y.S., Kantorow, M., Davis, J., and Piatigorsky, J. (2000) Evidence for gelsolin as a corneal crystallin in zebrafish. The Journal of biological chemistry. 275(32):24645-24652

Piatigorsky, J. (2000) Review: A case for corneal crystallins. Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 16(2):173-180

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS