Publications

Selected Publications

• Mokalled MH., Patra C., Dickson AL., Endo T., Stainier DY. and Poss KD.  Injury-induced ctgfa directs glial bridging and spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish.  Science.  2016. 354(6312);630-4.  PMID: 27811277.
• Featured by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the NIH Director’s Blog, The Naked Scientists, and others.
• Williams PR. and He Z.  Building bridges to regenerate axons.  Science.  2016. 354(6312);544-5.  Perspective article.
  

Complete Publications

• Mokalled MH.*, Carroll KJ.*, Cenik BK., Liu N., Olson EN.# and Bassel-Duby R.#.  Myocardin-related transcription factors are required for cardiac development and function.  Dev Biol.  2015. pii: S0012-1606(15)30173-1. PMID: 26386146.

 

• Johnson AN., Mokalled MH., Poss KD., and Olson EN.  Post-transcriptional regulation of myotube elongation and myogenesis by Hoi Polloi.  Development.  2013.  140,3645-56. PMID: 23942517.

 

• Mokalled MH., Johnson AN., Creemers E. and Olson EN.  MASTR directs MyoD-dependent satellite cell differentiation during skeletal muscle regeneration.  Genes Dev.  2012.  26(2):190-202. PMID: 22279050.

 

• Johnson AN., Mokalled MH., Haden TN. and Olson EN.  Jak/Stat signaling regulates heart precursor diversification in Drosophila.  Development.  2011.  138(21):4627-38. PMID: 21965617.

 

• Mokalled MH., Johnson A., Kim Y., Oh J. and Olson EN.  Myocardin-related transcription factors regulate the Cdk5/Pctaire-1 kinase cascade to control neurite outgrowth, neuronal migration and brain development.  Development.  2010.  137(14):2365-74. PMID: 20534669.

 

• Haberland M., Carrer M., Mokalled MH., Montgomery RL. and Olson EN.  Redundant control of adipogenesis by histone deacetylases 1 and 2.  J Biol Chem.  2010.  285(19):14663-70. PMID: 20190228.

 

• Haberland M., Mokalled MH., Montgomery RL. and Olson EN.  Epigenetic control of skull morphogenesis by histone deacetylase 8.  Genes Dev.  2009.  23(14):1625-30. PMID: 19605684.

 

• Haberland M., Johnson A., Mokalled MH., Montgomery RL. and Olson EN.  Genetic dissection of histone deacetylase requirement in tumore cells.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.  2009. 106(19):7751-5. PMID: 19416910.

 

• Talhouk RS., Mroue R., Mokalled M., Abi-Mosleh L., Nehme R., Ismail A., Khalil A., Zaatari M. and El-Sabban ME.  Heterocellular interaction enhances recruitment of alpha and beta-catenin and ZO-2 into functional gap-junction complexes and induces gap junction-dependant differentiation of mammary epithelial cells.  Exp Cell Res.  2008.  314(18):3275-91. PMID: 18775424.