Aixa Alfonso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation (until 8/2009)
Cellular/Molecular
Regulation of neuronal polarity and acquisition of neuronal fate in C. elegans.
Selected references
- Doonan R, Hatzold J, Raut S, Conradt B, Alfonso A. HLH-3 is a C. elegans Achaete/Scute protein required for differentiation of the hermaphrodite-specific motor neurons. Mech Dev. 2008 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
- Kay AR, Alfonso A, Alford S, Cline HT, Holgado AM, Sakmann B, Snitsarev VA, Stricker TP, Takahashi M, Wu LG. Imaging synaptic activity in intact brain and slices with FM1-43 in C. elegans, lamprey, and rat. Neuron. 1999;24(4):809-17.
- Nonet ML, Holgado AM, Brewer F, Serpe CJ, Norbeck BA, Holleran J, Wei L, Hartwieg E, Jorgensen EM, Alfonso A. UNC-11, a Caenorhabditis elegans AP180 homologue, regulates the size and protein composition of synaptic vesicles. Mol Biol Cell. 1999;10(7):2343-60.