Molecular genetics; modeling of neurodegenerative diseases using transgenic C. elegans.
Selected Publications:
1. Link CD, Fonte V, Roberts CM, Hiester B, Silverman MA, Stein GH. (2008).
The beta amyloid peptide can act as a modular aggregation domain.
Neurobiol Dis., 32(3), 420-5.
PMID: 18778773 | pubmed abstract |
2. Link CD. (2006).
C. elegans models of age-associated neurodegenerative diseases: lessons from transgenic worm models of Alzheimer's disease.
Exp Gerontol., 41(10), 1007-13.
PMID: 16930903 | pubmed abstract |
3. Link CD, Fonte V, Hiester B, Yerg J, Ferguson J, Csontos S, Silverman MA, Stein GH. (2006).
Conversion of green fluorescent protein into a toxic, aggregation-prone protein by C-terminal addition of a short peptide.
J Biol Chem., 281(3), 1808-16.
PMID: 16239215 | pubmed abstract |