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Overview

Carol A. Otey is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans several fields of study, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, the main subfields of interest include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Oncology, and Immunology and Allergy.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, prominently featuring Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, and Viral Infections and Immunology Research.

Carol A. Otey has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Silvia M. Goicoechea, Giuseppina Mastrototaro, Pierluigi Carullo, Jianlin Zhang, and Beatrice Scellini.

The publications by this researcher have appeared in a variety of venues. The most frequent venues include UNC Libraries, with 24 publications, followed by eLife, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Carol A. Otey include:

  • Ablation of palladin in adult heart causes dilated cardiomyopathy associated with intercalated disc abnormalities, 2023, eLife
  • Palladin contributes to invasive motility in human breast cancer cells, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • The role of palladin in actin organization and cell motility, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Identification of palladin isoforms and characterization of an isoform-specific interaction between Lasp-1 and palladin, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Ablation of palladin in adult heart causes dilated cardiomyopathy associated with intercalated disc abnormalities, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • An interaction between alpha-actinin and the beta 1 integrin subunit in vitro.

    Carol A. Otey;Fredrick M. Pavalko;Keith Burridge

  • Focal adhesion kinase and paxillin bind to peptides mimicking beta integrin cytoplasmic domains.

    M D Schaller;C A Otey;J D Hildebrand;J T Parsons

  • α‐actinin revisited: A fresh look at an old player

    Carol A. Otey;Olli Carpen

  • Focal adhesion kinase suppresses Rho activity to promote focal adhesion turnover

    Xiang-Dong Ren;William B. Kiosses;David J. Sieg;Carol A. Otey

  • Mapping of the alpha-actinin binding site within the beta 1 integrin cytoplasmic domain.

    Carol A. Otey;Gregory B. Vasquez;Keith Burridge;Bruce W. Erickson

  • A role for p21-activated kinase in endothelial cell migration.

    William B. Kiosses;R. Hugh Daniels;Carol Otey;Gary M. Bokoch

  • Characterization of Palladin, a Novel Protein Localized to Stress Fibers and Cell Adhesions

    Mana M. Parast;Carol A. Otey

  • Regulation of focal complex composition and disassembly by the calcium-dependent protease calpain.

    Amit Bhatt;Irina Kaverina;Carol Otey;Anna Huttenlocher

  • Simultaneous Stretching and Contraction of Stress Fibers In Vivo

    Lynda J. Peterson;Zenon Rajfur;Amy S. Maddox;Christopher D. Freel

  • Palladin mutation causes familial pancreatic cancer and suggests a new cancer mechanism

    Kay L. Pogue-Geile;Ru Chen;Mary P. Bronner;Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic

  • Dissecting the link between stress fibres and focal adhesions by CALI with EGFP fusion proteins

    Zenon Rajfur;Partha Roy;Carol Otey;Lewis Romer

  • Dynamics of α‐actinin in focal adhesions and stress fibers visualized with α‐actinin‐green fluorescent protein

    Magnus Edlund;Marc A. Lotano;Carol A. Otey

  • Actin-membrane interaction in focal adhesions.

    Keith Burridge;Glen Nuckolls;Carol Otey;Fredrick Pavalko

  • The palladin/myotilin/myopalladin family of actin-associated scaffolds.

    Carol A. Otey;Andrew Rachlin;Monica Moza;Daniel Arneman

  • Immunolocalization of the gamma isoform of nonmuscle actin in cultured cells.

    Carol A Otey;M. H. Kalnoski;J. L. Lessard;J. C. Bulinski

  • Identification of palladin isoforms and characterization of an isoform-specific interaction between Lasp-1 and palladin.

    Andrew S. Rachlin;Carol A. Otey

  • Focal adhesion kinase: structure and signalling

    J. T. Parsons;M. D. Schaller;J. Hildebrand;Tzeng-Horng Leu

  • Palladin Is an Actin Cross-linking Protein That Uses Immunoglobulin-like Domains to Bind Filamentous Actin

    Richard D.S. Dixon;Daniel K. Arneman;Andrew S. Rachlin;Naresh R. Sundaresan

  • Palladin promotes invasion of pancreatic cancer cells by enhancing invadopodia formation in cancer-associated fibroblasts

    S. M. Goicoechea;R. García-Mata;J. Staub;A. Valdivia

  • α-actinin : a direct link between actin and integrins

    Frederick M. Pavalko;Carol A. Otey;Keiko O. Simon;Keith Burridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Burridge
Keith Burridge University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Olli Carpén
Olli Carpén University of Helsinki
Sharon L. Campbell
Sharon L. Campbell University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Juli G. Valtschanoff
Juli G. Valtschanoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. Wayne Vogl
A. Wayne Vogl University of British Columbia
Aldo Rustioni
Aldo Rustioni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wilhelm Kriz
Wilhelm Kriz Heidelberg University
Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
Alexey I. Nesvizhskii University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Carlito B. Lebrilla
Carlito B. Lebrilla University of California, Davis
Avril V. Somlyo
Avril V. Somlyo University of Virginia

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