ZFIN Person: Schechter, Nisson

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-499

Schechter, Nisson

URL:	http://129.49.19.42/neuro/sun95fin.html
Affiliation:	Schechter Lab
Address:	Department of Psychiatry Health Science Center SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(516) 444-1368
Fax:	(516) 444-7534
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Kurtzman, A.L. and Schechter, N. (2001) Ubc9 interacts with a nuclear localization signal and mediates nuclear localization of the paired-like homeobox protein Vsx-1 independent of SUMO-1 modification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98(10):5602-5607

Asch, W.S. and Schechter, N. (2000) Plasticin, a type III neuronal intermediate filament protein, assembles as an obligate heteropolymer: Implications for axonal flexibility. Journal of neurochemistry. 75(4):1475-1486

Kurtzman, A.L., Gregori, L., Haas, A.L., Schechter, N. (2000) Ubiquitination and degradation of the zebrafish paired-like homeobox protein VSX-1. Journal of neurochemistry. 75(1):48-55

Leake, D., Asch, W.S., Canger, A.K., and Schechter, N. (1999) Gefiltin in zebrafish embryos: sequential gene expression of two neurofilament proteins in retinal ganglion cells. Differentiation; research in biological diversity. 65(4):181-189

Canger, A.K., Passini, M.A., Asch, W.S., Leake, D., Zafonte, B.T., Glasgow, E., and Schechter, N. (1998) Restricted expression of the neuronal intermediate filament protein plasticin during zebrafish development. The Journal of comparative neurology. 399:561-572

Passini, M.A., Raymond, P.A., Schechter, N. (1998) Vsx-2, a gene encoding a paired-type homeodomain, is expressed in the retina, hindbrain, and spinal cord during goldfish embryogenesis. Dev. Brain Res.. 109:129-135

Asch, W.S., Leake, D., Canger, A.K., Passini, M.A., Argenton, F., and Schechter, N. (1998) Cloning of zebrafish neurofilament cDNAs for Plasticin and Gefiltin: increased mRNA expression in ganglion cells after optic nerve injury. Journal of neurochemistry. 71:20-32

Passini, M.A., Kurtzman, A.L., Canger, A.K., Asch, W.S., Wray, G.A., Raymond, P.A., and Schechter, N. (1998) Cloning of zebrafish vsx1: expression of a paired-like homeobox gene during CNS development. Developmental genetics. 23:128-141

Passini, M.A., Levine, E.M., Canger, A.K., Raymond, P.A., and Schechter, N. (1997) Vsx-1 and Vsx-2: differential expression of two paired-like homeobox genes during zebrafish and goldfish retinogenesis. The Journal of comparative neurology. 388(3):495-505

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS