ZFIN Person: Hille, Merrill

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-980720-28

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-980720-28

Hille, Merrill

Email:	mbhille@u.washington.edu
URL:	http://depts.washington.edu/zooweb/hille.html
Affiliation:	Hille Lab
Address:	Department of Zoology University of Washington Box 351800 Seattle, WA 98195-1800 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(206) 543-5273
Fax:	(206) 543-3041
ORCID ID:

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in the roles of focal adhesion kinase and paxillin in the migration of cells in zebrafish embryos.

PUBLICATIONS

Shan, B., Horton, E.C., Xu, S.C., Huntington, K.E., Kawano, D.K., Mendoza, C.L., Lin, L., Stafford, C.M., Allen, E.D., Huang, J., Nakahara, H., Greenstein, L.E., Hille, M.B. (2022) Dephosphorylation of Y228 and Y217 and phosphorylation of Y335 in p120 catenin activate convergent extension during zebrafish gastrulation. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 251(12):1934-1951

Kupai, A., Nakahara, H., Voss, K.M., Hirano, M.S., Rodriguez, A., Lackey, D.L., Murayama, J.F., Mathieson, C.J., Shan, B., Horton, E.C., Curtis, G.H., Huang, J., Hille, M.B. (2022) Phosphorylation of serine residues S252, S268/S269, and S879 in p120 catenin activates migration of presomitic mesoderm in gastrulating zebrafish embryos. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 251(12):1952-1967

Hsu, C.L., Muerdter, C.P., Knickerbocker, A.D., Walsh, R.M., Zepeda-Rivera, M.A., Depner, K.H., Sangesland, M., Cisneros, T.B., Kim, J.Y., Sanchez-Vazquez, P., Cherezova, L., Regan, R.D., Bahrami, N.M., Gray, E.A., Chan, A.Y., Chen, T., Rao, M.Y., and Hille, M.B. (2012) Cdc42 GTPase and Rac1 GTPase act downstream of p120 catenin and require GTP exchange during gastrulation of zebrafish mesoderm. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 241(10):1545-1561

Crawford, B.D., Henry, C.A., Clason, T.A., Becker, A.L., and Hille, M.B. (2003) Activity and distribution of paxillin, focal adhesion kinase, and cadherin indicate cooperative roles during zebrafish morphogenesis. Molecular biology of the cell. 14(8):3065-3081

Henry, C.A., Crawford, B.D., Yan, Y.-L., Postlethwait, J., Cooper, M.S., and Hille, M.B. (2001) Roles for zebrafish focal adhesion kinase in notochord and somite morphogenesis. Developmental Biology. 240(2):474-487

Henry, C.A., Crawford, B.D., Sepich, D., Cooper, M.S., and Hille, M. (2000) Subcellular localization of focal adhesion kinase during zebrafish organogenesis: Distinct roles for FAK in notochord and somite morphogenesis. Molecular biology of the cell. 11:297

Henry, C.A., Hall, L.A., Hille, M.B., Solnica-Krezel, L., and Cooper, M.S. (2000) Somites in zebrafish doubly mutant for knypek and trilobite form without internal mesenchymal cells or compaction. Current biology : CB. 10(17):1063-1066

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Stapelton, G., Nguyen, C. P., Lease, K. A., and Hille, M. B. (1998) Phosphorylation of protein kinase C-related kinase PRK2 during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes. Dev. Biol. 193, 36-36.