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Overview

Ann Marie Craig is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, genetics, and physiology.

Their research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Sperm and Testicular Function

Ann Marie Craig has published numerous papers, including the following recent works:

  • "Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors," 2020, Neuron
  • "LRRTM4: A Novel Regulator of Presynaptic Inhibition and Ribbon Synapse Arrangements of Retinal Bipolar Cells," 2020, Neuron
  • "Distinct but overlapping roles of LRRTM1 and LRRTM2 in developing and mature hippocampal circuits," 2022, eLife
  • "Alternative splicing at neuroligin site A regulates glycan interaction and synaptogenic activity," 2020, eLife
  • "Neurexin-β Mediates the Synaptogenic Activity of Amyloid Precursor Protein," 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors of Ann Marie Craig include:

  • Fred Kop
  • Silvia Arber
  • John F. Cryan
  • Catherine Dulac
  • Yukiko Goda

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Neuron
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Neurexins Induce Differentiation of GABA and Glutamate Postsynaptic Specializations via Neuroligins

    Ethan R. Graf;XueZhao Zhang;Shan-Xue Jin;Michael W. Linhoff

  • NMDA receptor subunits have differential roles in mediating excitotoxic neuronal death both in vitro and in vivo.

    Yitao Liu;Tak Pan Wong;Michelle Aarts;Amanda Rooyakkers

  • Neurexin-neuroligin signaling in synapse development

    Ann Marie Craig;Yunhee Kang

  • Competitive binding of α-actinin and calmodulin to the NMDA receptor

    Michael Wyszynski;Jerry Lin;Anuradha Rao;Elizabeth Nigh

  • Activity Regulates the Synaptic Localization of the NMDA Receptor in Hippocampal Neurons

    Anuradha Rao;Ann Marie Craig

  • Role of Actin in Anchoring Postsynaptic Receptors in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Differential Attachment of NMDA versus AMPA Receptors

    Daniel W. Allison;Vladimir I. Gelfand;Ilan Spector;Ann Marie Craig

  • Identification of a DNA sequence responsible for binding of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhancement of mouse secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP-1 or osteopontin) gene expression

    Masaki Noda;Robert L. Vogel;Ann Marie Craig;Jean Prahl

  • GKAP, a novel synaptic protein that interacts with the guanylate kinase-like domain of the PSD-95/SAP90 family of channel clustering molecules.

    Eunjoon Kim;Scott Naisbitt;Yi-Ping Hsueh;Anuradha Rao

  • Mechanisms of vertebrate synaptogenesis

    Clarissa L. Waites;Ann Marie Craig;Craig C. Garner

  • Heterogeneity in the Molecular Composition of Excitatory Postsynaptic Sites during Development of Hippocampal Neurons in Culture

    Anuradha Rao;Eunjoon Kim;Morgan Sheng;Ann Marie Craig

  • The distribution of glutamate receptors in cultured rat hippocampal neurons: Postsynaptic clustering of AMPA selective subunits

    Ann Marie Craig;Craig D. Blackstone;Richard L. Huganir;Gary Banker

  • CRIPT, a novel postsynaptic protein that binds to the third PDZ domain of PSD-95/SAP90.

    Martin Niethammer;Juli G Valtschanoff;Tarun M Kapoor;Daniel W Allison

  • An unbiased expression screen for synaptogenic proteins identifies the LRRTM protein family as synaptic organizers.

    Michael W. Linhoff;Juha Laurén;Juha Laurén;Robert M. Cassidy;Frederick A. Dobie

  • NMDA Receptor Activation Mediates Copper Homeostasis in Hippocampal Neurons

    Michelle L. Schlief;Ann Marie Craig;Jonathan D. Gitlin

  • Truncating mutations in NRXN2 and NRXN1 in autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

    Julie Gauthier;Tabrez J. Siddiqui;Peng Huashan;Daisaku Yokomaku

  • Protein tyrosine phosphatases PTPδ, PTPσ, and LAR: presynaptic hubs for synapse organization

    Hideto Takahashi;Ann Marie Craig

  • Gamma Protocadherins Are Required for Survival of Spinal Interneurons

    Xiaozhong Wang;Joshua A. Weiner;Sabine Levi;Ann Marie Craig

  • LRRTMs and Neuroligins Bind Neurexins with a Differential Code to Cooperate in Glutamate Synapse Development

    Tabrez J. Siddiqui;Raika Pancaroglu;Yunhee Kang;Amanda Rooyakkers

  • Postsynaptic Scaffolds of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses in Hippocampal Neurons: Maintenance of Core Components Independent of Actin Filaments and Microtubules

    Daniel W. Allison;Adam S. Chervin;Vladimir I. Gelfand;Ann Marie Craig;Ann Marie Craig

  • Synaptic organizing complexes

    Tabrez J Siddiqui;Ann Marie Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Rachel O.L. Wong
Rachel O.L. Wong University of Washington
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tak Pan Wong
Tak Pan Wong McGill University
Joshua R. Sanes
Joshua R. Sanes Harvard University
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Timothy H. Murphy
Timothy H. Murphy University of British Columbia

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