SMN-A chaperone for nuclear RNP social occasions?

AC Raimer, KM Gray, AG Matera - RNA biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein localizes to both the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
Cytoplasmic SMN is diffusely localized in large oligomeric complexes with core member proteins, …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive Modeling of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Drosophila melanogaster

AM Spring, AC Raimer, CD Hamilton… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… n-values are the same for panels (AC). Statistical analysis: values above the data indicate
… (AC) Survival curves for adult flies expressing Smn missense mutations. Data is split into …

Self-oligomerization regulates stability of survival motor neuron protein isoforms by sequestering an SCFSlmb degron

…, TR Bonacci, AD Ebert, AC Raimer… - Molecular biology of …, 2018 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by homozygous mutations in human SMN1.
Expression of a duplicate gene (SMN2) primarily results in skipping of exon 7 and production of …

Assembly of higher-order SMN oligomers is essential for metazoan viability and requires an exposed structural motif present in the YG zipper dimer

K Gupta, Y Wen, NS Ninan, AC Raimer… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… have three conserved domains: an N-terminal region responsible for binding to Gemin2,
a centrally located Tudor domain important for binding to Sm-class splicing factors, and a C-…

Composition of the Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) Complex in Drosophila melanogaster

AG Matera, AC Raimer, CA Schmidt… - G3: Genes …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is caused by homozygous mutations in the human survival
motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN protein has a well-characterized role in the biogenesis of …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing changes in student engagement using a mixed-methods approach

JK LAU, J MEKOLICHICK, AC RAIMER… - … of Transformation in …, 2023 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence program, REALising
Inclusive Science Excellence (REALISE), focuses strategically and simultaneously on faculty …

Temperature-sensitive spinal muscular atrophy-causing point mutations lead to SMN instability, locomotor defects and premature lethality in Drosophila

AC Raimer, SS Singh, MR Edula… - Disease Models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of death in young children, arising
from homozygous deletion or mutation of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN …

Dysregulation of innate immune signaling in animal models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

EL Garcia, RE Steiner, AC Raimer, LE Herring… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Background: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disease caused
by hypomorphic loss of function in the Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein. SMA presents …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing Changes in Student Engagement Using a Mixed-Methods Approach

AC Raimer, JK Lau, J Mekolichick… - … of Transformation in …, 2024 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence program, REALising
Inclusive Science Excellence (REALISE), focuses strategically and simultaneously on faculty …

Temperature sensitive SMA-causing point mutations lead to SMN instability, locomotor defects, and premature lethality in Drosophila

AC Raimer, SS Singh, MR Edula, T Paris-Davila… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of death in young children, arising
from homozygous deletion or mutation of the SMN1 gene. SMN protein expressed from a …