RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

(*W&M student Author)

Ta AC, Huang LC, McKeown CR, Bestman JE, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Cline HT (2021) Temporal and Spatial Transcriptomic Dynamics across Brain Development in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. G3 (Bethesda).PMC8728038

Feng MS*, Bestman JE (2021) Imaging Mitochondrial Dynamics in the Xenopus Central Nervous System (CNS). Cold Spring Harbor protocols 2021.PMC8357028

Bohovych I, Fernandez MR, Rahn JJ, Stackley KD, Bestman JE, Anandhan A, Franco R, Claypool SM, Lewis RE, Chan SS, Khalimonchuk O (2015) Metalloprotease OMA1 Fine-tunes Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Function and Respiratory Supercomplex Stability. Scientific reports 5:13989.PMC4568518

Rahn JJ, Bestman JE, Stackley KD, Chan SS (2015) Zebrafish lacking functional DNA polymerase gamma survive to juvenile stage, despite rapid and sustained mitochondrial DNA depletion, altered energetics and growth. Nucleic Acids Res 43:10338-10352.PMC4666367

Rahn JJ, Bestman JE, Josey BJ, Inks ES, Stackley KD, Rogers CE, Chou CJ, Chan SS (2014) Novel Vitamin K analogs suppress seizures in zebrafish and mouse models of epilepsy. Neuroscience 259:142-154.PMC3903788

Bestman JE, Lee-Osbourne J, Cline HT (2012) In vivo time-lapse imaging of cell proliferation and differentiation in the optic tectum of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Comp Neurol 520:401-433.PMC3366109

Bestman JE, Cline HT (2009) The Relationship between Dendritic Branch Dynamics and CPEB-Labeled RNP Granules Captured in Vivo. Front Neural Circuits 3:10.PMC2742666

Bestman JE, Cline HT (2008) The RNA binding protein CPEB regulates dendrite morphogenesis and neuronal circuit assembly in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:20494-20499.PMC2629308

Bestman JE, Booker R (2006) The control of anterior foregut motility during a larval molt of the moth Manduca sexta involves the modulation of presynaptic activity. J Exp Biol 209:4000-4010

Bestman JE, Ewald RC, Chiu SL, Cline HT (2006) In vivo single-cell electroporation for transfer of DNA and macromolecules. Nat Protoc 1:1267-1272

Bestman JE, Booker R (2003) Modulation of foregut synaptic activity controls resorption of molting fluid during larval molts of the moth Manduca sexta. J Exp Biol 206:1207-1220

Watts JL, Morton DG, Bestman J, Kemphues KJ (2000) The C. elegans par-4 gene encodes a putative serine-threonine kinase required for establishing embryonic asymmetry. Development 127:1467-1475

BOOK CHAPTERS & OTHER WORK

Bestman JE, Cline HT (2020) Morpholino Studies in Xenopus Brain Development. Methods Mol Biol 2047:377-395

Bestman JE, Cline HT (2014) Morpholino studies in Xenopus brain development. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, 1 Edition (Sprecher SG, ed), pp 155-171: Humana Press.

Cline HT, Santos Da Silva J, Bestman J (2007) Dendrite Development. In: Dendrites, Second Edition (Stuart G, Spruston N, Hauser M, eds), pp 69-94. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

Bestman JE, Cline HT (2010) Time-lapse images of Xenopus laevis neuron development and morphological plasticity of dendritic arbors. The Cell: An Image Library, www.cellimagelibrary.org, ASCB.

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