ZFIN Person: McWhorter, Michelle

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-010614-1

McWhorter, Michelle

Email:	m_seliskar@juno.com
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Address:	The Center for Molecular Neurobiology Department of Neuroscience The Ohio State University 115 Rightmire Hall 1060 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Phone:	(614) 292-5109
Fax:	(614) 292-5379
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Schock, E.N., Ford, W.C., Midgley, K.J., Fader, J.G., Giavasis, M.N., and McWhorter, M.L. (2012) The Effects of Carbaryl on the Development of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos. Zebrafish. 9(4):169-178

Boon, K.L., Xiao, S., McWhorter, M.L., Donn, T., Wolf-Saxon, E., Bohnsack, M.T., Moens, C.B., and Beattie, C.E. (2009) Zebrafish survival motor neuron Mutants Exhibit Presynaptic Neuromuscular Junction Defects. Human molecular genetics. 18(19):3615-3625

Oprea, G.E., Kröber, S., McWhorter, M.L., Rossoll, W., Müller, S., Krawczak, M., Bassell, G.J., Beattie, C.E., and Wirth, B. (2008) Plastin 3 is a protective modifier of autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy. Science (New York, N.Y.). 320(5875):524-527

McWhorter, M.L., Boon, K.L., Horan, E.S., Burghes, A.H., and Beattie, C.E. (2008) The SMN binding protein gemin2 is not involved in motor axon outgrowth. Developmental Neurobiology. 68(2):182-194

Beattie, C.E., Carrel, T.L., and McWhorter, M.L. (2007) Fishing for a mechanism: using zebrafish to understand spinal muscular atrophy. Journal of Child Neurology. 22(8):995-1003

Carrel, T.L., McWhorter, M.L., Workman, E., Zhang, H., Wolstencroft, E.C., Lorson, C., Bassell, G.J., Burghes, A.H., and Beattie, C.E. (2006) Survival motor neuron function in motor axons is independent of functions required for small nuclear ribonucleoprotein biogenesis. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 26(43):11014-11022

Challa, A.K., McWhorter, M.L., Wang, C., Seeger, M.A., and Beattie, C.E. (2005) Robo3 isoforms have distinct roles during zebrafish development. Mechanisms of Development. 122(10):1073-1086

McWhorter, M.L. (2005) Development and analysis of a Zebrafish model of spinal muscular atrophy. Ph.D. Thesis. :161p

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS