Cahir O'Kane

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Small molecules enhance autophagy and reduce toxicity in Huntington's disease models
    Nature Chemical Biology, vol. 3, no. 6, Article ID nchembio883, 7 pages, 2007
  2. Drosophila spichthyin inhibits BMP signaling and regulates synaptic growth and axonal microtubules
    Nature Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 2, Article ID nn1841, 8 pages, 2007
  3. Rapamycin pre-treatment protects against apoptosis
    Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 1209–1216, 2006
  4. Comparative evolutionary analysis of VPS33 homologues: genetic and functional insights
    Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1261–1270, 2005
  5. Lithium rescues toxicity of aggregate-prone proteins in Drosophila by perturbing Wnt pathway
    Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 14, no. 20, pp. 3003–3011, 2005
  6. Rapamycin alleviates toxicity of different aggregate-prone proteins
    Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 433–442, 2005
  7. Deleterious and protective properties of an aggregate-prone protein with a polyalanine expansion
    Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 453–465, 2005
  8. Stereotypic and random patterns of connectivity in the larval mushroom body calyx of Drosophila
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 102, no. 52, pp. 19027–19032, 2005
  9. Dynein mutations impair autophagic clearance of aggregate-prone proteins
    Nature Genetics, vol. 37, no. 7, Article ID ng1591, 5 pages, 2005
  10. Shaw potassium channel genes inDrosophila
    Journal of Neurobiology, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 235–254, 2005
  11. ISOGENIC AUTOSOMES TO BE APPLIED IN OPTIMAL SCREENING FOR NOVEL MUTANTS WITH VIABLE PHENOTYPES IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
    Journal of Neurogenetics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 57–85, 2005
  12. The DrosDel Collection: A Set of P-Element Insertions for Generating Custom Chromosomal Aberrations in Drosophila melanogaster
    Genetics, vol. 167, no. 2, pp. 797–813, 2004
  13. Cullin-3 regulates pattern formation, external sensory organ development and cell survival during development
    Mechanisms of Development, vol. 121, no. 12, pp. 1495–1507, 2004
  14. Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease
    Nature Genetics, vol. 36, no. 6, Article ID ng1362, 10 pages, 2004
  15. Modelling human diseases in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis
    Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 3–10, 2003
  16. Drosophila paramyosin is important for myoblast fusion and essential for myofibril formation
    The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 160, no. 6, pp. 899–908, 2003
  17. From the Cover: Members of the synaptobrevin/vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) family in Drosophila are functionally interchangeable in vivo for neurotransmitter release and cell viability
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 99, no. 21, pp. 13867–13872, 2002
  18. Cell ablation using wild-type and cold-sensitive ricin-a chain indrosophila embryonic mesoderm
    genesis, vol. 34, no. 1-2, pp. 132–134, 2002
  19. Targeted expression of tetanus neurotoxin interferes with behavioral responses to sensory input inDrosophila
    Journal of Neurobiology, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 221–233, 2002
  20. The Partner of Inscuteable/Discs-Large Complex Is Required to Establish Planar Polarity during Asymmetric Cell Division in Drosophila
    Cell, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 355–366, 2001
  21. Amphiphysin is necessary for organization of the excitation-contraction coupling machinery of muscles, but not for synaptic vesicle endocytosis in Drosophila
    Genes & Development, vol. 15, no. 22, pp. 2967–2979, 2001
  22. Characterisation of the gene for Drosophila amphiphysin
    Gene, vol. 241, no. 1, pp. 167–174, 2000
  23. Featured Organism:Drosophila melanogaster
    Yeast, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 146–153, 2000
  24. Sexual behaviour: Courting dissatisfaction
    Current Biology, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. R289–R292, 1999
  25. Identification and characterization of the gene for Drosophila L3 ribosomal protein
    Gene, vol. 212, no. 1, pp. 119–125, 1998
  26. Identification and characterization of kraken, a gene encoding a putative hydrolytic enzyme in Drosophila melanogaster
    Gene, vol. 222, no. 2, pp. 195–201, 1998
  27. The Fascination of the Drosophila NMJ
    Trends in Genetics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 85–87, 1997
  28. Identification and characterization of the gene for Drosophila S20 ribosomal protein
    Gene, vol. 200, no. 1-2, pp. 85–89, 1997
  29. Genetic Feminization of Pheromones and Its Behavioral Consequences in Drosophila Males
    Science, vol. 276, no. 5318, pp. 1555–1558, 1997
  30. Activation of protein kinase A-independent pathways by Gsalpha in Drosophila
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 93, no. 25, pp. 14542–14547, 1996
  31. Associative Learning Disrupted by Impaired Gs Signaling in Drosophila Mushroom Bodies
    Science, vol. 274, no. 5295, pp. 2104–2107, 1996
  32. Inducible ternary control of transgene expression and cell ablation in Drosophila
    Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 206, no. 1, pp. 14–24, 1996
  33. Syntaxin and synaptohrevin function downstream of vesicle docking in drosophila
    Neuron, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 663–673, 1995
  34. Targeted expression of tetanus toxin light chain in Drosophila specifically eliminates synaptic transmission and causes behavioral defects
    Neuron, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 341–351, 1995
  35. Selective cell ablation and genetic surgery
    Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 602–607, 1992
  36. Use of a cytoplasmically localised P-lacZ fusion to identify cell shapes by enhancer trapping inDrosophila
    Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology, vol. 200, no. 6, pp. 306–311, 1991
  37. P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.
    Genes & Development, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 1288–1300, 1989
  38. P-element-mediated enhancer detection: an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila.
    Genes & Development, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 1301–1313, 1989
  39. Detection in situ of Genomic Regulatory Elements in Drosophila
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 84, no. 24, pp. 9123–9127, 1987
  40. Mapping of the gene for endo-beta-1,3-1,4-glucanase of Bacillus subtilis
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 135–139, 1985