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2026
Clark , S.E., Morris , S.C., Dordor, J.B. Amo, L.S. Wiltshire , R., Encarnacion, T. Bischoff , M.C. and Peifer, M. (2026) A screen for adherens junction proteins regulating collective cell migration and testis morphogenesis reveals important roles for the Rab GAP RN-tre and the kinase Par-1. Molecular Biology of the Cell, in press.
2025
Jensen, C.C., Gurley, N. J., Mathias, A.J. Wolfsberg, L.R., Xiao, Y., Zhou, Z., Bischoff, M.C., Clark, S. E., Slep, K.C., and Peifer, M. (2025). A key role for Canoe’s intrinsically disordered region in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton. Journal of Cell Biology 224:e202505135.
Li, X., Huebner, R., Williams, M., Sawyer, J., Peifer, M., Wallingford, J., & Thirumalai, D. (2025). Emergence of cellular nematic order is a conserved feature of gastrulation in animal embryos. Nature Communications 16:5946. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61045-0. [PUBMED}
Peifer, M. (2025). We must not ignore eugenics in our genetics curriculum. Trends in Genetics 41:261-265. [PUBMED]
Bischoff, M.C.*, Norton, J.E., Clark, S.E., & Peifer, M.* (2025). Plexin/Semaphorin Antagonism Orchestrates Collective Cell Migration, Gap Closure and Organ sculpting by Contact-Mesenchymalization. *= co-corresponding authors. Science Advances 11(25):eadu3741. [PUBMED]
Choi, W., Goldfarb, D., Yan, F., Major, M.B., Fanning, A., and Peifer, M. (2025). Proximity proteomics provides a new resource for exploring the function of Afadin and the complexity of cell-cell adherens junctions. Biology Open 14:bio061811. [PUBMED]
Bischoff, M. C.*, Norton, J. E., Munguia, E. A., Gurley, N. J., Clark, S. E., Korankye, R., Addai Gyabaah, E., Encarnacion, T., Serody, C.J., Jones, C.D., & Peifer, M*. (2025). A large reverse-genetic screen identifies numerous regulators of testis nascent myotube collective cell migration and collective organ sculpting. *= co-corresponding authors. Molecular Biology of the Cell 36:ar21. [PUBMED]
2024
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