Publications

Caldas, I.V., L.H. Kelley, Y.H. Ahmed-Braimah, E.M. Maine (2023) smalldisco, a pipeline for siRNA discovery and 3’ tail identification. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkad092 Link

Vieux, K.-F., K. Prothro, L.H. Kelley, E.M. Maine, I. Veksler-Lublinsky, and K. McJunkin (2021) Screening by deep sequencing reveals mediators of miRNA tailing in C. elegans.  bioRxiv preprint: doi.org/10.1101.2021.01.11.426275.

Li, Y., M. Snyder, and E.M. Maine (2021) Meiotic H3K9me2 distribution is influenced by the ALG-3 and ALG-4 pathway and by poly(U) polymerase activity.  microPub Biology doi.org/10.18912/micropub.biology.000455.

Sullenberger, M.T., L.H. Kelley, and E.M. Maine (2020) PCR-based screening of small plasmid inserts.  microPub Biology doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000221.

Yang, B. , X. Xu, L. Russell, M.T. Sullenberger, J.L. Yanowitz, and E.M. Maine (2019) A DNA repair protein and histone methyltransferase interact to promote genome stability in C. elegans.  PLoS Genetics 15(2):e1007992.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007992.

Li, Y., and E.M. Maine (2018) The balance of poly(U) polymerase activity ensures germline identity, survival, and development in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Development 145: dev165944.  doi: 10.1242/dev.165944.

Sullenberger, M.T., and E.M. Maine (2018) Simplified detection of a point mutation in C. elegans using tetra-primer ARMS-PCR.  microPublication Biology doi.org/10.17912/MICROPUB.BIOLOGY.000078

Mutlu, B., H-M. Chen, J.J. Moresco, B.D. Orelo, B. Yang, J. Gaspar, S. Keppler-Ross, J.R. Yates III, D.H. Hall, E.M. Maine, and S.E. Mango (2018) Regulated nuclear accumulation of a histone methyltransferase times the onset of heterochromatin formation in C. elegans embryos.  Science Advances 4: eaat6224.

Lissemore, J.L., E. Connors, Y. Liu, L. Qiao, B. Yang, M.L. Edgley, S. Flibotte, J. Taylor, V. Au, D.G. Moerman, and E.M. Maine (2018) The molecular chaperone HSP90 promotes Notch signaling in the germline of Caenorhabditis elegans.  G3 8:1535-1544.

Safdar. K., A. Gu, X. Xu, V. Au, J. Taylor, S. Flibotte, D.G. Moerman, and E.M. Maine (2016) UBR-5, a conserved HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligase, negatively regulates Notch-type signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans.  G3 6:2125-2134.

Guo, Y., B. Yang, Y. Li, X. Xu, and E. M. Maine (2015) Enrichment of H3K9me2 on unsynapsed chromatin in Caenorhabditis elegans does not target de novo sites.  G3 5:1865-1878.

Frank, D. A., A. W. Pontes, E. M. Maine, and J. D. Fridley (2015) Fine-scale belowground species associations in a temperate grassland. Mol Ecol 24, 3206-3216.

Van Wynsberghe, P. M., and E. M. Maine (2013) Epigenetic control of germline development. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 757:373-403. Editor: T. Schedl. Publisher: Springer Verlag.

Jacobs-McDaniels, N. L., E. M. Maine, R. C. Albertson, and J. R. Wiles (2012) Using model organisms in an undergraduate laboratory to link genotype, phenotype, and the environment. J Biological Education, DOI:10.1080/00219266.2012.727847.

Fox, P.M., V.E. Vought, M. Hanazawa, M-H. Lee, E. M. Maine, and T. Schedl (2011) Cyclin E/CDK-2 regulates proliferative cell fate and cell cycle progression in the C. elegans germline.  Development 138, 2223-2234. [Fox_etal_2011]

Maine, E. M. (2011) Developmental biology: small RNAs play their part.  Dispatch.  Current Biology 21, R274-R276. [Maine2011]

Maine, E. M. (2010) Meiotic silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans.  International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology 282, 91-134. [Maine_Meiotic Silencing_2010]

Frank, D.A., A. Pontes, E.M. Maine, J.C. Caruana, S. Raina, R. Raina, and J.Fridley (2010) Grassland root communities: Species distributions and how they are linked to aboveground abundance. Ecology 91:3201-3209. [Frank_etal_preprint]

Maine, E.M (2010) An RNA-mediated silencing pathway utilizes the coordinated synthesis of two distinct populations of siRNA.  Mol Cell, 37, 593-595. [Maine2010preview]

She, X., X. Xu, A. Fedotov, W.G. Kelly, and E.M. Maine (2009) Regulation of heterochromatin assembly during C. elegans meiosis by components of a small RNA-mediated pathway.  PLoS Genet 5(8): e1000624. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000624 [She_etal_2009]

Maine, E.M. (2008) Studying gene function in Caenorhabditis elegans using RNA-mediated interference.  Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics 7, 184-194. [Maine_2008]

Liu, Y., and E.M. Maine (2007) The Bro1-domain protein, EGO-2, promotes Notch signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Genetics 177, 2265-2277. [Liu and Maine 07]

Yu, X., V.E. Vought, B. Conradt, and E.M. Maine (2006) Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B activity regulates larval growth rate and germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans. genesis 44, 412-418.[Yu_et_al_06]

Maine, E.M., J. Hauth, T. Ratliff, V.E. Vought, X. She, and W.G. Kelly (2005).  EGO-1, a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, is required for heterochromatin assembly on unpaired DNA during C. elegans meiosis. Current Biology, 15, 1972-1978. [Maine_etal_05]
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Vought,V.E., M. Ohmachi, M-H. Lee, and E.M. Maine (2005) EGO-1, a putative RNA-directed RNA polymerase, promotes germline proliferation in parallel with GLP-1/Notch signaling and regulates the spatial organization of nuclear pore complexes and germline P granules in C. elegans. Genetics, 170, 1121-1132. [Vought_etal_05]

Maine, E.M., D. Hansen, D. Springer, and V.E. Vought (2004) C. elegans atx-2 promotes germline proliferation and the oocyte fate.  Genetics 168, 817-830. [Maine_etal_04_atx2]

Maine, E. M. (2001) RNAi as a tool for understanding germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans: Uses and cautions. Developmental Biology 239, 177-189.

Maine, E. M. (2001) Oogenesis in C. elegans. In The Encyclopedia of Genetics, S. Brenner and G. Miller, Eds., pp. 1373-1374. London: Academic Press.

Smardon, A., J. M. Spoerke, S. C. Stacey, M. E. Klein, N. Mackin, and E. M. Maine (2000) EGO-1 is related to RNA-directed RNA polymerase and functions in germline development and RNA interference in C. elegans. Current Biology 10, 169-178. [SMARDON ETAL_2000]

Maine, E. M. (2000) A conserved mechanism for posttranscriptional gene silencing? Genome Biology 1, 1018.1-4. [MAINE_GENOMEBIO]

Qiao, L., J. L. Lissemore, P. Shu, A. Smardon, M. Gelber, and E. M. Maine (1995) Enhancers of glp-1, a gene required for cell-signaling in C. elegans, define a set of genes required for germline development. Genetics 141, 551-569. [QIAO ETAL_1995]

Maine, E. M., J. L. Lissemore, and W. T. Starmer (1995) A phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate and invertebrate Notch-related genes. Mol Phylogenetics and Evol 4, 139-149. [MAINE ET AL_1995]

Francis, R., E. Maine, and T. Schedl (1995) Analysis of the multiple roles of gld-1 in germline development: Interactions with the sex determination cascade and the glp-1 signaling pathway. Genetics 139, 607-630. [FRANCIS ETAL_1995]

Maine, E. M. (1995) What makes germ cells so special? Review of Germline Development, Ciba Foundation Symposium Vol. 182. Trends in Genetics 11, 32-33.

Lissemore, J. L., P. D. Currie, C. M. Turk, and E. M. Maine (1993) Intragenic dominant suppressors of glp-1, a gene essential for cell-signaling in C. elegans, support a role for cdc10/SWI6/ankyrin motifs in GLP-1 function. Genetics 135, 1023-1034. [LISSEMORE ETAL_1993]

Maine, E. M., and J. Kimble (1993) Suppressors of glp-1, a gene required for cell communication during development in Caenorhabditis elegans, define a set of interacting genes. Genetics 135, 1011-1022.

Kodoyianni, V., E. M. Maine, and J. Kimble (1992) The molecular basis of loss-of-function mutations in the glp-1 gene of C. elegans. Mol Biol Cell 3, 1199-1213. [Kodoyianni_et_al_92]

Maine, E. M. (1991) Cell-signaling events regulate vulval development in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Sem Devl Biol 2, 295-304.

Mango, S. E., E. M. Maine, and J. Kimble (1991) Carboxy-terminal truncation activates glp-1 protein to specify vulval fates in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 352, 811-815. [Mango_et_al_91]

Maine, E. M., and J. Kimble (1990) Genetic control of cell communication in C.elegans development. Bioessays 12, 265-271.

Austin, J., E. M. Maine, and J. Kimble (1989) Genetics of intercellular signalling in C. elegans. In The Molecular Basis of Positional Signalling, Development 1989 Supplement, 53-57.

Maine, E. M. and J. Kimble (1989) Identification of genes that interact with glp-1, a gene required for inductive cell interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 106, 133-143.

Salz, H. K., E. M. Maine, L. N. Keyes, M. A. Samuels, T. W. Cline, and P. Schedl (1989) The Drosophila female-specific sex determination gene, Sex-lethal, has stage-, tissue-, and sex-specific RNAs suggesting multiple modes of regulation. Genes and Development 3, 708-719.

Bell, L. R., E. M. Maine, P. Schedl, and T. W. Cline (1988) Sex-lethal, a Drosophila sex determination switch gene, exhibits sex-specific RNA splicing and sequence similarity to RNA binding proteins. Cell 55, 1037-1046.

Maine, E. M., H. K. Salz, T. W. Cline, and P. Schedl (1985) The Sex-lethal gene of Drosophila: DNA alterations associated with sex-specific lethal mutations. Cell 43, 521-529.

Maine, E. M., H. K. Salz, P. Schedl, and T. W. Cline (1985) Sex-lethal, a link between sex determination and sexual differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Quant Biol 50, 595-603.

Udvardy, A., E. M. Maine, and P. Schedl (1985) The 87A7 chromomere: Identification of novel chromatin structures flanking the heat shock locus which may define the boundaries of higher order domains. J Mol Biol 185, 341-358.