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Ray Keller is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Immunology and Allergy.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Silk-based biomaterials and applications, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Ray Keller include the following:

  • Characterization of convergent thickening, a major convergence force producing morphogenic movement in amphibians (2022, eLife)
  • The RhoGEF protein Plekhg5 regulates medioapical and junctional actomyosin dynamics of apical constriction during Xenopus gastrulation (2023, Molecular Biology of the Cell)
  • The RhoGEF protein Plekhg5 regulates medioapical actomyosin dynamics of apical constriction during Xenopus gastrulation (2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Preparation of three-notochord explants for imaging analysis of the cell movements of convergent extension during early Xenopus morphogenesis (2021, Development Growth & Differentiation)

Collaborators who have frequently worked with Ray Keller include:

  • Austin T. Baldwin
  • Ivan K. Popov
  • John B. Wallingford
  • Chenbei Chang
  • David Shook

The scientist has published in various journals such as eLife, Molecular Biology of the Cell, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Development Growth & Differentiation, each hosting at least one of their papers.

Best Publications

  • Shaping the Vertebrate Body Plan by Polarized Embryonic Cell Movements

    Ray Keller

  • Mechanisms, mechanics and function of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in early development

    David Shook;Ray Keller

  • Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

    Ray Keller;Lance Davidson;Anna Edlund;Tamira Elul

  • Vital Dye Mapping of the Gastrula and Neurula of Xenopus Laevis

    Raymond Earl Keller

  • How we are shaped: the biomechanics of gastrulation.

    Ray Keller;Lance A. Davidson;David R. Shook

  • Regional expression, pattern and timing of convergence and extension during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis.

    R. Keller;M. Danilchik

  • Cell motility driving mediolateral intercalation in explants of Xenopus laevis.

    John Shih;Ray Keller

  • Pintallavis, a gene expressed in the organizer and midline cells of frog embryos: involvement in the development of the neural axis.

    Ray Keller;John Shih;Carmen Domingo

  • The function and mechanism of convergent extension during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis

    R. E. Keller;Michael Danilchik;Robert Gimlich;John Shih

  • The planar cell polarity gene strabismus regulates convergence and extension and neural fold closure in Xenopus.

    Toshiyasu Goto;Ray Keller

  • The mechanics of notochord elongation, straightening and stiffening in the embryo of Xenopus laevis.

    D.S. Adams;R. Keller;M.A. Koehl

  • Patterns of cell motility in the organizer and dorsal mesoderm of Xenopus laevis.

    John Shih;Ray Keller

  • The amniote primitive streak is defined by epithelial cell intercalation before gastrulation

    Octavian Voiculescu;Federica Bertocchini;Lewis Wolpert;Ray E. Keller

  • Cell migration during gastrulation

    Ray Keller

  • Neural tube closure in Xenopus laevis involves medial migration, directed protrusive activity, cell intercalation and convergent extension.

    L.A. Davidson;R.E. Keller

  • Early embryonic development of Xenopus laevis.

    Ray Keller

  • The cellular basis of the convergence and extension of the Xenopus neural plate.

    Ray Keller;John Shih;Amy Sater

  • The behaviour and function of bottle cells during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis.

    J. Hardin;R. Keller

  • How do sea urchins invaginate? Using biomechanics to distinguish between mechanisms of primary invagination

    Lance A. Davidson;M. A. R. Koehl;Raymond Keller;George F. Oster

  • The homeobox gene goosecoid controls cell migration in Xenopus embryos

    Christof Niehrs;Ray Keller;Ken W.Y. Cho;Eddy M. De Robertis

Frequent Co-Authors

M. A. R. Koehl
M. A. R. Koehl University of California, Berkeley
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Chris Kintner
Chris Kintner Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jeff Hardin
Jeff Hardin University of Wisconsin–Madison
P. Todd Stukenberg
P. Todd Stukenberg University of Virginia
John B. Wallingford
John B. Wallingford The University of Texas at Austin
Fred H. Wilt
Fred H. Wilt University of California, Berkeley
Barry M. Gumbiner
Barry M. Gumbiner Seattle Children's Hospital
Makoto Asashima
Makoto Asashima Teikyo University
Richard M. Harland
Richard M. Harland University of California, Berkeley

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