An expanded auxin-inducible degron toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans

GE Ashley, T Duong, MT Levenson, MAQ Martinez… - Genetics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The auxin-inducible degron (AID) system has emerged as a powerful tool to conditionally
deplete proteins in a range of organisms and cell types. Here, we describe a toolkit to augment …

NHR-23 activity is necessary for C. elegans developmental progression and apical extracellular matrix structure and function

…, M Pooranachithra, J Aguilera, MT Levenson… - …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Nematode molting is a remarkable process where animals must repeatedly build a new apical
extracellular matrix (aECM) beneath a previously built aECM that is subsequently shed. …

[PDF][PDF] Single-nucleus resolution mapping of the adult C. elegans and its application to elucidate inter-and trans-generational response to alcohol

L Truong, YW Chen, R Barrere-Cain, MT Levenson… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Single-cell transcriptomic platforms provide an opportunity to map an organism's response
to environmental cues with high resolution. Here, we applied single-nucleus RNA …

Experimental considerations for study of C. elegans lysosomal proteins

…, AA Vo, KM Myles, MT Levenson… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Lysosomes are an important organelle required for the degradation of a range of cellular
components. Lysosome function is critical for development and homeostasis as dysfunction can …

Expanding the Caenorhabditis elegans auxin-inducible degron system toolkit with internal expression and degradation controls and improved modular constructs for …

G Ashley, T Duong, MT Levenson, MAQ Martinez… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The auxin-inducible degron (AID) system has emerged as a powerful tool to conditionally
deplete proteins in a range of organisms and cell-types. Here, we describe a toolkit to augment …

Inter-and trans-generational impacts of environmental exposures on the germline resolved at the single-cell level

D Hatai, MT Levenson, VK Rehan, P Allard - Current Opinion in Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
Reproduction is a remarkably intricate process involving the interaction of multiple cell types
and organ systems unfolding over long periods of time and that culminates with the …

NHR-23 activity is necessary for developmental progression and apical extracellular matrix structure and function

…, AA Vo, JC Clancy, J Aguilera, MT Levenson… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Nematode molting is a remarkable process where the animals must essentially build a new
epidermis underneath the old skin and then rapidly shed the old skin. The study of molting …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient generation of a single-copy eft-3p:: TIR1:: F2A:: BFP:: AID*:: NLS allele in the C. elegans ttTi5605 insertion site through recombination-mediated …

AA Vo, MT Levenson, JM Ragle… - Micropublication Biology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The auxin-inducible degron (AID) system is a widely used system to conditionally deplete
proteins. Using CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in C. elegans, we recently generated a …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for nuclear dissociation of the adult C. elegans for single-nucleus RNA sequencing and its application for mapping environmental responses

MT Levenson, R Barrere-Cain, L Truong, YW Chen… - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
Caenorhabditis elegans is a valuable model to study organ, tissue, and cell-type responses
to external cues. However, the nematode comprises multiple syncytial tissues with spatial …

The conserved, secreted protease inhibitor MLT-11 is necessary for C. elegans molting and embryogenesis

JM Ragle, MT Levenson, JC Clancy, AA Vo, V Pham… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Apical extracellular matrices (aECMs) are associated with all epithelia and form a protective
layer against biotic and abiotic threats in the environment. C. elegans molting offers a …