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Paul M. Macdonald is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. The scientist's work includes significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aging, and Immunology.

The main topics explored in their research are:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Paul M. Macdonald has authored several papers, contributing to diverse fields and publication venues. Notable works include:

  • Formulation and manufacturing optimization of lithium-ion graphite-based electrodes via machine learning, 2021, Cell Reports Physical Science
  • Opposing roles for Egalitarian and Staufen in transport, anchoring and localization of oskar mRNA in the Drosophila oocyte, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Knock down analysis reveals critical phases for specific oskar noncoding RNA functions during Drosophila oogenesis, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Different roles for the adjoining and structurally similar A-rich and poly(A) domains of oskar mRNA: Only the A-rich domain is required for oskar noncoding RNA function, which includes MTOC positioning, 2021, Developmental Biology
  • Community effects in regulation of translation, 2020, UNC Libraries

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul M. Macdonald include:

  • Andrew Kenny
  • Miles B. Morgan
  • Sabine Mohr
  • Stavros X. Drakopoulos
  • Azarmidokht Gholamipour-Shirazi

Publication venues where their research frequently appears are:

  • Cell Reports Physical Science
  • PLoS Genetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Developmental Biology
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • oskar mRNA is localized to the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte

    Jeongsil Kim-Ha;Jeffrey L. Smith;Paul M. Macdonald

  • The gradient morphogen bicoid is a concentration-dependent transcriptional activator

    Gary Struhl;Kevin Struhl;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Translational regulation of oskar mRNA by bruno, an ovarian RNA-binding protein, is essential.

    Jeongsil Kim-Ha;Karen Kerr;Paul M Macdonald

  • A molecular gradient in early Drosophila embryos and its role in specifying the body pattern

    Paul M. Macdonald;Gary Struhl;Gary Struhl

  • Isolation, structure, and expression of even-skipped: A second pair-rule gene of Drosophila containing a homeo box

    Paul M. Macdonald;Phil Ingham;Gary Struhl

  • Cis-acting sequences responsible for anterior localization of bicoid mRNA in Drosophila embryos

    Paul M. Macdonald;Gary Struhl

  • Aubergine encodes a Drosophila polar granule component required for pole cell formation and related to eIF2C

    Adam N. Harris;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Early and late periodic patterns of even skipped expression are controlled by distinct regulatory elements that respond to different spatial cues

    Tadaatsu Goto;Paul M Macdonald;Tom Maniatis

  • smaug protein represses translation of unlocalized nanos mRNA in the Drosophila embryo.

    Ciaig A. Smibert;Joan E. Wilson;Karen Kerr;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Overexpression of oskar directs ectopic activation of nanos and presumptive pole cell formation in Drosophila embryos

    Jeffrey L. Smith;Joan E. Wilson;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Translational repressor bruno plays multiple roles in development and is widely conserved

    Philippa J. Webster;Lu Liang;Lu Liang;Celeste A. Berg;Paul Lasko

  • Borders of parasegments in Drosophila embryos are delimited by the fushi tarazu and even-skipped genes

    Peter A. Lawrence;Paul Johnston;Paul Macdonald;Gary Struhl

  • aubergine enhances oskar translation in the Drosophila ovary

    Joan E. Wilson;Joanne E. Connell;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Multiple RNA regulatory elements mediate distinct steps in localization of oskar mRNA

    Jeongsil Kim-Ha;Philippa J. Webster;Jeffrey L. Smith;Paul M. Macdonald

  • The Drosophila pumilio gene: an unusually long transcription unit and an unusual protein.

    P.M. Macdonald

  • bicoid mRNA localization signal: phylogenetic conservation of function and RNA secondary structure

    Paul M. Macdonald

  • RNA regulatory element BLE1 directs the early steps of bicoid mRNA localization

    Paul M. Macdonald;Karen Kerr;Jeffrey L. Smith;Andrew Leask

  • Smaug, a novel and conserved protein, contributes to repression of nanos mRNA translation in vitro.

    Craig A. Smibert;Craig A. Smibert;Yung S. Lie;Wendy Shillinglaw;William J. Henzel

  • Live imaging of nuage and polar granules: evidence against a precursor-product relationship and a novel role for Oskar in stabilization of polar granule components

    Mark J. Snee;Paul M. Macdonald

  • Diversity in translational regulation.

    Paul M Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Struhl
Gary Struhl Columbia University
Howard D. Lipshitz
Howard D. Lipshitz University of Toronto
Kevin Struhl
Kevin Struhl Harvard University
William E. Theurkauf
William E. Theurkauf University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Peter A. Lawrence
Peter A. Lawrence University of Cambridge
Paul Lasko
Paul Lasko McGill University
Anne Ephrussi
Anne Ephrussi European Bioinformatics Institute
Andrew D. Ellington
Andrew D. Ellington The University of Texas at Austin

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